Teachers’ strikes mark beginning of new school year across Europe over funding, cost of living and the pandemic; metal workers at Turkish factory demand resignation of union officials over sellout contract and threaten to leave the union; teachers, electricity and public sector workers in some Nigerian states in further two-day strike over cuts to fuel subsidies
As Erdoğan’s government has lifted all remaining measures against the COVID-19 pandemic and openly adopted a “herd immunity” policy, a wildcat strike wave against skyrocketing living costs is growing across the country.
These nonunion miners’ wildcat strike is part of an emerging international movement of workers against rising living costs and deadly pandemic policies.