Cost-of-living strikes in Greece, Belgium and France; Healthcare workers in Spain, France, Portugal and Turkey strike against understaffing and poor working conditions; 24-hour strike over job cuts, pensions and working conditions brings London Underground services to a halt as unions sabotage fightback against major restructuring on UK railways; striking pilots at Kenya Airways defy government threats and union sabotage in defence of jobs and pensions; thousands of public servants walk out in South Africa rejecting three percent pay offer
Around 250 members of the Unite union drivers, engineers, cleaners and customer assistants began all out action on October 7 which is scheduled to run to December 29.
Oil refinery workers at TotalEnergies in France continue pay strike this week, joined by workers at state-owned nuclear power plants for one-day stoppage; one-day national rail strike in Belgium for improved staffing and conditions to end unbearable workload; UK dockers strike at two main ports over pay as limited strikes on railways and telecom continue; protests continue in Iran over police killing of Mahsa Amini; port and railroad workers on indefinite strike across South Africa over pay with more workers poised to join Monday; months-long strike by lecturers in Nigeria over pay and conditions faces legal action by government
Unite and the GMB unions settled an 11.1 percent deal with the company last Wednesday. The unions immediately suspended the strike before workers had either seen the deal or balloted.