Strike
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TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues
•In an email to members Monday, the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of the 9,218 votes were cast to authorize the strike, with nearly 79% of guild members voting.
UK's junior doctors are on strike: Why pay isn't the only reason they are angry
•Pay isn’t the only reason many junior doctors are striking. The strain of working through COVID-19, increasing demands on health services, and growing numbers of medical and nursing colleagues leaving the NHS are all causing stress and burnout for them
Pay, inflation, workload: Why teachers in the UK are striking again
•Recent polling by YouGov suggests that about half of the British public support striking teachers and a significant number blame the government for the strike, rather than the teachers or unions themselves
How Rishi Sunak's new law could put an end to the strikes in UK
•Rishi Sunak's government has introduced the strikes (minimum service levels) bill in parliament. This law states that people working in border security, education, the fire brigade, transport, the NHS and nuclear decommissioning would have to maintain minimum levels of service on strike days
150 universities, 70,000 staff members: Why UK universities are going on their biggest strike
•Members of the University and College Union in the UK are demanding a pay rise in recognition of the cost-of-living crisis, and an end to insecure contracts
'Not afraid anymore': Workers strike, street clashes erupt as Iran protests enter fourth week
•In a widely shared video, a man is seen altering the wording of a large government billboard from 'The police are the servants of the people' to 'The police are the murderers of the people'
Explained: After rail workers, why bus drivers have gone on strike in London
•A strike, called by the bus drivers, will only affect a portion of London's famous red buses. People trying to reach the annual Notting Hill Carnival will face troubles
Bangladesh: 150,000 tea workers strike against dollar-a-day wages
•The minimum wage for a tea plantation worker in the country is 120 taka a day, which is about $1.25 at official rates, but only just over a dollar on the free market
Ukraine forces strike strategic Antonivskyi Bridge in Russian-occupied south
•Knocking the crossings out would make it hard for the Russian military to keep supplying its forces in the region amid repeated Ukrainian attacks
Ukraine war: Russian Kalibr cruise missiles kill at least 23 civilians, wound over 100 in Vinnytsia
•The missile strike took place as government officials from about 40 countries met in The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss coordinating investigations and prosecutions of potential war crimes committed in Ukraine