Teachers across Europe continue widespread strikes over funding, pay and conditions, joined by mass walkouts by French high school students; Greek healthcare workers on 24-hour national strike over funding and staff shortages fear collapse of healthcare system under impact of winter flu and COVID; rail strikes over pay, pensions and job losses continue in the UK, with further strikes planned by postal and telecom workers; Iranian Haft Tappeh sugar factory workers join protests entering fifth week over death of Mahsa Amini; South Africa’s Transnet workers’ unions agree below-inflation deal to end two-week strike as public sector plan national pay stoppage
The fight to win a genuine pay rise will not be won based on entreaties to the employers. It requires breaking out of the isolation of the dispute imposed by Unite and mobilising the collective strength of bus workers.