National strike hits South Africa
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Many schools are shut as thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for higher wages.
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South Africa's trade unions say they will call a general strike, unless the government improves its pay offer.
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South African engineering and metal workers down tools as part of an indefinite strike over pay.
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Thousands of South African workers marched on Wednesday in sympathy with striking civil servants in a show of force that highlighted the divide between the ruling African National Congress and its trade union allies.
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Oil unions launched a three-day strike Wednesday over worsening security in an oil-rich region on Nigeria as Chevron confirmed the death of one subcontractor and injuries to two others there.
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A UK-wide civil servants' strike over job cuts is expected to hit public services across the country.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 13 -- Tens of thousands of government workers on Wednesday intensified their biggest strike since the end of apartheid, closing schools, snarling transportation systems and virtually shutting down sections of South Africa's largest cities.
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A general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil  producer began on Wednesday after unions rejected government  concessions on fuel prices as too little too late.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Sweden's transport workers union said Tuesday that as many as 2,500 of its members will go on strike Oct. 11 in response to proposed changes in salaries and working hours at SAS AB.
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As world oil prices again hit new highs, Nigeria's biggest labor federation launched a four-day nationwide strike Monday to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of Lagos, the country's largest city and its commercial center.
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afrol News, 11 October - Nigeria&#39;s trade unions today again lashed out against the hike in prices of petroleum products, organising a nation-wide strike.
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Abuja - Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began yesterday a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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The nationwide public sector strike which began yesterday morning has already affected some 24,000 would-be international travelers.
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Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo's economic reforms.
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afrol News, 16 September - South Africa&#39;s civil service workers today widely followed the trade union&#39;s one-day strike order and paralysed many state services.
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A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies.
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Thousands of South African public sector workers start a one-day strike, protesting against the government's latest wage offer.