Pay strike bites in Sierra Leone
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The first general strike since the end of the civil war over better pay and conditions brings the country to a standstill.
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Hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers went on strike on Thursday in the largest industrial action witnessed in the last decade.
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Postal staff went on strike Friday -- their first national walk-out in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and government plans to cut thousands of jobs at the semi-privatised Royal Mail.
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Interpreters working for AU troops in Sudan's troubled Darfur region go on strike over unpaid wages.
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A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country&#39;s commercial cenbter, say
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Thousands of prison officers across England and Wales started a 24-strike over pay Wednesday, forcing many jails to lock offenders in their cells.
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Thousands more workers at British Airways voted to strike for 24 hours over pay during a busy public holiday weekend later this month, union leaders said.
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More than 100 people were injured in clashes in Bangladesh today during a strike called by the country&#39;s main opposition party to protest at a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.
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LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes
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Ducking into a Starbucks for a  caffeine fix could lead you to a harrowing tale of child  soldiery in the tangled jungles of Sierra Leone.
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LAGOS, Nigeria - With world oil prices surging to new highs, union leaders in Nigeria imposed a four-day strike yesterday across this volatile West African nation to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of the commercial
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More than 700,000 public service workers across South Africa were on strike on Thursday in protest against the government&#39;s uncompromising stance in a marathon wage negotiation
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Thousands of prison officers began an unofficial strike in England and Wales on Wednesday over salaries and the threat of violence at work.
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Thousands of civil servants marched in  cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over  wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African  National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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A FOUR-DAY general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer. More strikes will follow if a 25 per cent price increase is not reversed, the largest trade union in
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Postal workers are to stage another 24-hour strike as part of a continuing row over pay and jobs.
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Up to 130,000 British postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday.