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BA strikes: Management ups its bullying as the dispute goes international

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BA strike plan is classic union-busting technique

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Electricity workers strike threatens Greece with Black-out

The 48h strike of the National Electricity workers has seen 7 major power-factories shut their engines, with workers threatening to shut-down more and plunged Greece in black-out.

There’s only one thing left to settle: our accounts with capital and its state - TPTG

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Venezuela: all detainees released and charges dropped following union march in Maracay

Venezuela: 43 Arrests on Union March

March 12 2010

43 people have been arrested in a demonstration for labour and human rights and the return of collective contracts in the city of Maracay...Amongst the detained are three members of the human rights organisation, Provea, and an editor of the anarchist newspaper El Libertario.

Railway maintenance workers vote to strike, further action brewing in the industry

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Greece: Second General Strike Leads to Pitched Battles

March 11 2010

More than 150,000 people took to the streets of Athens against the austerity measures in a mass protest march that has led to extended battles in the Greek capital...On Thursday March 11 all of Greece came to a 24 hour standstill as a result of the second general strike to be called within less than a month...