Strike Follow

Two million South African workers were set to stage a general strike on Thursday of this week, in support of 1.3 million public sector workers who have been striking for more than a fortnight.

AROUND 10,000 workers on London Underground are set to go into battle over jobs and safety when they strike for 24 hours from Monday of next week.

Thousands of lecturers and other education workers at Sindh and Karachi universities in Pakistan are on strike after management refused to increase salaries and pay bonuses.

Tens of thousands of South African public sector workers marched throughout the country yesterday as part of an all-out strike over pay and conditions.

In 1853, 20,000 workers were out on strike in Preston. The city was at the heart of a major battle for a 10 percent pay increase across the cotton industry.

London firefighters were set to start a ballot for industrial action this Friday, and could soon be voting on full strike action.

The African National Con­gress (ANC) government in South Africa has used the army, police and the courts to try and break a 1.3 million strong public sector workers’ strike. The action involves teachers, civil service workers and health workers.

London’s Tube workers are set to strike next month against plans for 800 job cuts.

The strike by over a million South African public sector workers continues into its third day.

Public services have ground to a halt as over a million South African public sector workers, including some 245,000 teachers, walked out on indefinite strike today (Wednesday) over pay.

Tucked away in the first episode of the BBC’s new series on the history of home movies is some surprising footage of the 1974 miners’ strike.

The threat of a strike by thousands of workers at six airports terrified the British Airports Authority (BAA) bosses this week.