Academic workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will go on strike starting on Monday to protest the university system’s handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, the workers’ union announced on Friday. The union, U.A.W. 4811, which is part of the United Auto Workers, represents about 48,000 graduate students and other academic workers at 10 University…
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News University of California Workers Vote to Authorize Strike in Rebuke Over Protest Crackdowns
Unions are known for fighting for higher pay and workplace conditions. But academic workers in the University of California system authorized their union on Wednesday to call for a strike over something else entirely: free speech. The union, U.A.W. 4811, represents about 48,000 graduate students and other academic workers at 10 University of California system…
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Kenya news TSC defends employment merit, amid JSS teachers’ strike – Kenya News Agency
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has come out strongly to defend claims by Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers in their nationwide strike on Monday that corruption and political influence in the employment tabled is rife. Tharaka Nithi County TSC Director, Mohamed Gabow, while addressing the JSS teachers at TSC offices in Chuka town, Tuesday, said the…
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News Thai activist dies in prison after months of hunger strike for monarchy reform
Netiporn Sanesangkhom, a 28-year-old Thai activist, died in a prison hospital on Tuesday following a hunger strike. She was a member of Thaluwang, an activist group known for bold campaigns demanding monarchy reform. Netiporn’s death marks the first known instance of a political activist in Thailand dying during a hunger strike. A young Thai activist…
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News Princeton University students end anti-Israel hunger strike ‘due to health concerns’
Students at Princeton University protesting Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza have called an end to their hunger strike after just 10 days. Princeton Divest Now, the student protest group that is calling for the New Jersey Ivy League university to divest from America’s Middle Eastern ally due to the high civilian death toll in…
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Kenya news KNH workers threaten to go on strike
Kenyatta National Hospital employees have threatened to go on strike from 20th of this month. The employees under the Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers Union ( (Kudheiha), want the Ministry of Labour to sign a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the year 2021-2025. According to the…
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Kenya news KMPDU & Govt Fail to Agree on Intern Doctors Posting Despite Strike Ending
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Doctors Union (KMPDU) on Wednesday signed a return-to-work formula paving the way for the return of doctors to public hospitals. Wednesday’s announcement brought an end to the suffering patients have endured for 56 days. However, the agreement was reached without the two parties agreeing on the most contentious issue which…
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Kenya news Doctors sign return to work formula, ends strike
Doctors have signed a return to work formula with government effectively ending 55 days strike. More to follow… Previous articleSakaja warns city architects, engineers who approved Uthiru collapsed building Related Posts State Dept. Workers Sign Memos Urging Biden to Call for…
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Kenya news Govt Strikes Final Deal With Doctors Ending Strike
The strike threw the country into a health service delivery crisis for more than 2 months. Related Posts Hundreds of Thousands Protest Spanish Prime Minister’s Deal With Separatists Previous demonstrations in recent weeks have turned ugly, with right-wing soccer hooligans and other extremists infiltrating the crowds. Some protests Read more Do COVID-19 home remedies really…
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News What We Know About the Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza
David Cameron, the British foreign secretary, said on the social media platform X that three of the aid workers who were killed were British citizens but did not include their names. He added that he had spoken to his Israeli counterpart to raise concerns. Palestinian medics retrieved the bodies of the seven victims and took…
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