British power plant workers to strike over inadequate wage hike
The workers of the Drax power plant in Yorkshire rejected a 2.8% wage offered by the company terming it as inadequate. They will conduct a series of six 48-hour strikes
Labor organizations protest persecution of Kazakh trade union leader
Erlan Baltabay faces an eight-year jail term on charges of misappropriation of funds although he has time and again argued that he was only in possession of the money since the dissolution of his union in 2015
Israeli forces target Birzeit university students in raids across West Bank, East Jerusalem
As many as 34 Palestinians were arrested in early morning raids on Tuesday. Many of them were current and former students of Birzeit university and several are members of the student council
Domino’s Australia faces class action lawsuit for underpayment of franchisee workers
The fast food giant has been accused of misleading franchisees across Australia into underpaying workers. According to unions, over 10,000 employees have been underpaid to the tune of “tens of thousands of dollars”
Kim-Trump meeting sparks fresh hopes of peace in Korean peninsula
Donald Trump became the first US president to cross the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea. Following a meeting, he and Kim Jong-un decided to resume negotiations between the countries
German climate activists attempt to occupy coal mine
Activists attempted to occupy an an open pit coal mine in Garzweiler in the German State of North-Rhine Westphalia as part of a protest called by Ende Gelände to end Europe’s dependency on fossil fuels.
Police attack shack dwellers’ movement’ settlement for third time this month
The police demolished 26 houses at Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Azania settlement which were rebuilt after last week’s attack. Nearly 150 people were rendered homeless
Mohammed Morsi and tragedies of the Arab Spring
Mohammed Morsi’s life and politics since 2012 was a reflection of the contradictions and miscalculations by various sections of the anti-military forces that brought Egypt to where it is today