Finnish activist groups intensify campaign for better wages for daycare workers
The citizens’ group, Ei enää leikkirahaa (No more play money), is organizing a campaign, demanding an increase in salaries. A proposal to modify the teacher to children ratio is also being pushed through a constitutional provision for direct democracy
Labor department intervention ends strike at Nepal’s Hotel Hyatt Regency
The workers staged a one-week strike, claiming the management had ill-treated them and not implemented the terms and conditions of the contract
OAS divided over presence of Venezuelan opposition at assembly
The representatives of several countries cited that the presence of the delegation violates the organization’s norms.
From ‘Lula Livre’ to ‘F*ck the Police’, pride is political!
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots LGBTQ prides across the Americas have taken on a very overtly political and radical stand, after years of being little more than apolitical spectacles
Workers at Wallonian job training centers protest minister’s threat to cut funds
The Wallonian employment minister had threatened to stop subsidizing the training centers in the region unless they cooperated with Forem, the government vocational training agency, Forem’s skill development programs cannot be accessed by the unemployed
UK continued arms sales to Israel during Gaza massacres last year: report
The UK sold arms worth USD 18 million from March 30, 2018 till the end of the year, according to a report by Campaign Against Arms Trade
Activists and citizens protest Trump’s planned raids on migrants
The Trump administration has been receiving strong pushback over its plans to process and deport thousands of migrant families. Protests have been held outside the offices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in various cities
Cork workers agitate in Portugal demanding wage hike and end to harassment
Unions say that the cork companies in Portugal, whose profits have increased considerably, have been offering only minimal wage increases to workers