Junior doctors in the UK begin strike over pay restoration
Tens of thousands of junior doctors walked off their jobs across England as part of a 72-hour strike in an attempt to secure pay restoration and improvement of working conditions
International Working Women’s Day in Uruguay is the culmination of decades of mobilization
Feminist collectives in Uruguay held another day of action on March 8, building on decades of mobilization for women’s rights in the country
Health workers’ strikes to continue in the UK, government agrees to negotiations
Actions to protect the NHS and improve working conditions in healthcare are set to continue over the next days. Meanwhile, the government, which under pressure due to the protests, has come forward with the offer of a one-time payment
Women’s rights at the heart of the fight over pensions in France
This year’s International Working Women’s Day in France holds special significance because of a nation-wide call by trade unions and people’s movements to bring the country to a standstill from March 7
New UN report shows major setbacks in maternal health
The numbers from a report by UN agencies indicate that after progress had been made in the period from 2000 to 2015, maternal mortality indicators stagnated in the four years that followed
“There is no health care without us,” warn nurses in Slovenia
Nurses in Slovenia protest against lack of staff and inadequate salaries, as they continue to shoulder most of the workload in the health system
Health workers’ actions in UK escalate as junior doctors announce strike
Junior doctors from the British Medical Association are the latest in line to announce industrial action over government disregard and deterioration of working conditions
Cuban medical brigades bring relief to earthquake-hit areas of Turkey
Cuban health workers on an open-ended mission in Turkey provide primary health care and surgeries to residents of earthquake-hit areas of the country