Thousands of prison officers in England and Wales go on strike
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Thousands of prison officers across England and Wales started a 24-strike over pay Wednesday, forcing jails, many of them seriously overcrowded, to lock offenders in their cells.
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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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Nearly 300,000 civil servants are to be balloted on the first strike throughout Whitehall for more than a decade, action which could bring virtually all government services to a halt.
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Hundreds of workers rallied on the steps of the Labor Department yesterday to protest the implementation of new rules they say
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Taxi drivers in Sierra Leone went on strike on Monday, bringing the capital to a standstill after police jailed 100 of their colleagues for driving with bald tyres, broken lights or without a valid licence.
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Thousands of postal staff across NI are taking part in industrial action over pay and restructuring plans.
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Hundreds of civil rights campaigners staged on Sunday a protest outside a prison in London against foreign nationals being held under anti-terror laws which allows foreign suspects to be jailed indefinitely without trial.
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Inmates at a prison are to get a small financial bonus for good behaviour during a recent prison officer strike.
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Hundreds of Gatwick Airport baggage handlers and maintenance workers vote to strike on Saturday.
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Teachers in France stage a strike in protest at plans which would remove their right to teach for fewer hours.
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Postal workers across Britain went on strike Friday, in the first industrial action at Royal Mail for a decade.
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Prison maintenance workers stage a 48-hour strike to protest against a pay deal unions describe as 'insulting'.
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More than 80 reputed mobsters in jail or on the run after major transatlantic strike against mafia
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About 17,000 police officers are expected in London for a mass march and rally in a protest over pay.
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About 1,000 Palestinian prisoners rioted at an Israeli desert prison early Monday, attacking guards, torching the tents where they are housed and leaving 30 people injured, a prison spokesman said.
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Prison officers in England and Wales are due to report for work as normal after their national strike was ended.
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Thousands of South African public sector workers start a one-day strike, protesting against the government's latest wage offer.