Page 2 - Worker Commissions News Today

A culture of presenteeism means millions still work until 8pm or later, despite siestas becoming unusual

Workers at retail giant Amazon’s warehouses in Italy and Germany stop work during the company’s “Prime Day” promotion event; General strike across West Bank in response to Israeli genocidal assault on Gaza as Palestinian trade unions call on workers in other countries to prevent arms shipments to Israel; teachers march in Durban, South Africa to demand cost of living payments keep up with rising prices

Around 15,000 civil servants in Romania in wildcat strike against austerity cuts attacking jobs and pay; protests continue across Iran against cost-of-living crisis in opposition to authoritarian regime by telecom retirees, Tehran metro workers and contract teachers; South African metal workers on indefinite strike over pay and conditions attacked and arrested while picketing Ekapa Diamond Mine

Strike at French weekly <em>Le Journal du Dimanche</em> against imposition of far-right editor into fourth week; protests by pensioners and workers including teachers in Shiraz and Haft Tappeh sugar cane workers continue in Iran; mass protests in Kenya over cost-of-living crisis met with police violence

Italian airport workers hold national 24-hour strike over pay and conditions, grounding 3,000 flights; UK refuse workers’ pay strike at Cumberland and Sandwell councils spreads to Hertfordshire and Selby; general strike in Iranian city of Saqqez to protest attempts to limit access to grave of Mahsa Amini, murdered by morality police; Nigerian unions suspend national fuel subsidy strike on empty promise of negotiating concessions

Hundreds of Italian and Spanish protesters wage rallies in their capitals demanding wage increases and a halt to arming Kiev.

Brussels, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Political, social, trade union and cultural organizations from Latin America and Europe have launched today, a platform for the celebration, on next July, in this capital, the People's Summit for a fairer world.

On recent industrial and University unrest in Spain - and the Acratas group. From Internationale Situationniste #12 (September 1969).

Rail workers in Portugal begin further strikes to last through April, over pay, conditions and safety; Palestinians in Israel hold one-day general strike after 26-year-old doctor shot dead by police outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City; strikes continue in South Africa at retail giant Makro for pay and to protest the sacking of strikers

A brief description of social conditions in post-Civil War Spain followed by an account of the Barcelona general strike of 1951. The events in Barcelona led to strikes across the country and signalled the potential for a return to working class combativity in Spain after over a decade of rule under the Franco regime.