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General strike cripples Bolivia over so-called “Gasolinazo”
23 Dec 2025 12:36 GMT
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Thousands of miners, coca growers, and labor activists descended on … , led by the Bolivian Workers'; Union (COB), has … sectors to undermine the strike's legitimacy.
Following … noted, suggesting that the strike may evolve from street marches …
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Bolivian workers rally against fuel subsidy cuts amid economic strain
23 Dec 2025 13:38 GMT
… a strike called by the Central Union of Workers began … amid worsening economic pressures.
Miners marched through … , including miners and coca growers, went on strike demanding the … did not join the strike after the government agreed …
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Workers organized by a key union rally in Bolivia against scrapping fuel subsidies
23 Dec 2025 00:25 GMT
… Bolivia’s Central Union of Workers but many trade groups, … including transportation workers, did not join the … those representing miners and coca growers — went on strike on Monday, … a leader of a transport workers union.
Carlos Cordero, a …
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Replaceable Lives: Labor, Exploitation, and Human Cost in America’s Gilded Age
22 Dec 2025 16:32 GMT
… in oversupplied labor markets. Contemporary labor reports consistently … misfortune rather than employer negligence. Injured workers faced substantial … of resistance. Railroad workers, miners, and factory laborers … . The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which …
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Spontaneous strikes at Arcelor Dunkirk and steel worker riots in Genoa – And in the UK?
22 Dec 2025 15:04 GMT
… from steel companies, the Labour government promises further subsidies … general strike against the threat of 6,000 job cuts. … factory jobs under worker control by the ex-GKN workers. These … obligatory annual negotiations between employer and unions, which were …
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Bolivia Unions Confirm Strike Over Fuel Decree
22 Dec 2025 11:16 GMT
… (COB), the country’s largest labor federation, confirmed on Sunday that … .
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Bolivia: Bolivian Workers’ Central Union Declares National Strike Against Rodrigo Paz … miners and neighborhood councils, which also decided not to join the strike …
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An 18-year miners’ strike comes to an end in Sonora
19 Dec 2025 23:35 GMT
… over 600 workers who remained on strike with back … labor movement which began in earnest with a June 1906 strike … leadership) and accusations that miners vandalized the facilities, … Labor Conciliation Board. Verdugo said the 53 widows of the deceased miners …
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The miners who still meet up every Christmas for 'pit talk'
20 Dec 2025 09:47 GMT
… Allan, 60, himself a mine worker for more than 12 years … England.
Many of the former miners recall Grimethorpe being somewhere where … when its main source of employment collapsed, crime reportedly shot up … - skills learned during the strike - making sure those …
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"Impressive": Sir Wayne David reviews 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder'
23 Dec 2025 12:57 GMT
… student during the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike. He was speaking at a … was well received by the miners.
My initial impression was … sport and tourism under the Labour first minister Carwyn Jones.
Much …
Sir Wayne David is former Labour MP for Caerphilly
Dafydd Elis …
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Stone Roses — Joy as an act of resistance. Interview with writer Alex Niven
23 Dec 2025 11:45 GMT
… society—just think of the miners’ strike. I think the Roses wanted … course. But a musician’s job is to make music. Musicians … that proclaim things like “The Miners with an Enemy Within” or …