Spanish lorry drivers continue strike against rising fuel prices due to US/NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, disrupting supply chains; tens of thousands join one-day strike in France to demand wage rises and cuts in energy prices as Ukraine war drives inflation; Clover dairy workers’ nationwide strike in South Africa in danger as unions offer pay cuts and pay freeze; South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners’ pay strike may spread to platinum mines as next round of pay talks looms
Fuel prices rise due to war in Ukraine triggering workers’ protests in Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Cyprus and France; South African Clover workers stoppage enters week 16 as gold miners continue stoppage at Sibanye-Stillwater, both face union sabotage; protests in southern Iraq over food prices as cost of sunflower oil and wheat from Ukraine rise due to war
Greek healthcare workers in three national strikes in last two weeks over pay and job insecurity; Hungarian teachers protest following government’s attack on right to strike after 20,000 joined two-hour warning strike; UK High Court attack on right to picket continues at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital strike by security staff; food workers’ strike to defend jobs and pay continues at Clover, South Africa despite workers facing hardship and attacks from management thugs