Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins | Nigeria
Nigeria’s main labour unions have launched an indefinite strike against the government’s failure to agree on a minimum wage, shut down the national electricity grid, disrupted airline services and blocked entrances to parliament. A minimum wage of 30,000 naira (£15) per month, agreed in 2019, expired in April this year. Trade unions are calling for […]
History reveals US regions where major storms are most likely to strike
While the entire U.S. coastline is vulnerable to landfalling hurricanes, history has shown that there are hurricane “hot spots” — places where storms make landfall most frequently. While it’s impossible to reliably predict where a hurricane will make landfall weeks or months in advance, the Fox Forecast Center said it’s important to know which parts […]
Airline Union Tells Workers To Prepare For Strike That Could Endanger Summer Travel Plans
The union representing flight attendants at American Airlines told members Friday night to prepare for a possible strike, which could affect Americans’ summer travel plans, according to Bloomberg. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) issued the notice after failing for more than a week to reach an agreement on a new labor contract with […]
Biden gives Ukraine permission to use US weapons to strike inside Russia
President Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weapons to attack targets inside Russia, Fox News has confirmed, in a major shift in policy. A senior U.S. official confirmed that President Biden has authorized the use of U.S. long-range weapons near Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, to protect it from continuing Russian aggression. The […]
Biden Privately Approved Ukraine Using American Weapons To Strike Inside Russia: REPORT
President Joe Biden has reportedly given Ukraine permission to use American weapons to attack Russian territory, according to Politico. Biden’s decision represents a major shift in the US approach to the Russia-Ukraine war, as he has previously resisted calls to provide Ukrainian forces with offensive weapons to attack inside Russia. according to Politico, citing anonymous […]
Civilian Deaths from Rafah Strike ‘Awful’ But Hamas Hides Behind Civilians, Kept Munitions There
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” broadcast Wednesday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) said that the Israeli attack on the Rafah tent camp that killed civilians was “terrible,” but that Hamas was hiding behind them and “there was a pile of munitions there that exploded. Hamas was hiding munitions there, which exacerbated the damage.” Fetterman said the civilian […]
Junior doctors to go on strike in England in week before general election | Doctors
Junior doctors in England are set to strike for five days over a long-running pay dispute, bringing a new wave of disruption to the NHS in the week before a general election. Thousands of patients will face treatment being cut after the British Medical Association announced a strike from 7am on June 27 until 7am […]
The answer is still ‘no’: Biden unmoved by calls to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with US weapons
THE ANSWER IS STILL ‘NO’: Despite calls from members of Congress, several U.S. allies, and the civilian head of NATO, the White House said President Joe Biden has had no change of heart over his refusal to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons to carry out defensive attacks on Russian soil. “We do not want […]
University of California academic workers expand strike over response to pro-Palestinian protests
The University of California academic workers union expanded its ongoing strike to UCLA and UC Davis on Tuesday, bringing strikers to a total of about 12,000. The union representing the University of California’s 48,000 academic and graduate students escalated the confrontation to three campuses on Tuesday morning, just a week after as many as 2,000 […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Israel’s Rafah strike: ‘An indefensible atrocity’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) slammed the Israeli attack that killed at least 45 people over the weekend as an “inexcusable atrocity,” amid growing criticism of the Israeli military’s operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the Israeli attack on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah targeted a […]