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US President Joe Biden addresses a UAW picket line at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023. Some 5,600 members of the UAW walked out of 38 US parts and distribution centers at General Motors and Stellantis at noon September 22.//AFP

Biden makes history by joining US picket line

September 27, 2023
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
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Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to stand on a picket line Tuesday, joining striking auto workers in Michigan in a bold pitch for blue collar votes against likely election…

At least two dead after Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia – authorities

July 30, 2023
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Ukrainian authorities in Zaporizhzhia said on Saturday (July 29) that at least two people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the south-eastern city. Anatoliy Kurtiev, the city’s council…

Hollywood strike probably just subplot in big change

July 22, 2023
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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For decades, movies very effectively influence thinking, imposing sometimes controversial values, defying religious concepts, occasionally blurring the lines between rights and wrongs and confusing the world as to who heroes…

Members of the SAG AFTRA bargaining committee step out the bus dedicated to guild members traveling to picket lines to join members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, on July 14.//AFP

Stars hit Hollywood sidewalks as anger at studios simmers

July 15, 2023
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
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Honking horns, simmering heat, a smattering of stars, and a lot of anger at Disney boss Bob Iger. The Hollywood actors’ strike kicked off on a sweltering Friday morning in…

South Korean nurses strike after PM Yoon vetoes bill on pay, working conditions

June 18, 2023
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Tens of thousands of South Korean nurses went on strike on Friday (May 19) after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed a law to improve their pay and working conditions. The…

Railway workers strike in Paris, protest at train station against Macron’s pension bill

April 13, 2023
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Railway workers gathered at ‘Gare de Lyon’ Paris train station on Thursday (April 13) as France braced for a further day of street protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to…

A firefighter works to douse a fire in a building, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, in this handout picture released on July 31, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv Region/Handout via REUTERS

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

August 1, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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KYIV, July 31 (Reuters) – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city…

A employee stands next to a facility of the Darnytsia Car Repair Plant damaged by missile strikes, as Russia’s attacks Ukraine in continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east

June 6, 2022
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk….

Army trucks and men on standby in case truckers go on strike in Bangkok

November 18, 2021
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The Royal Thai Army’s (RTA) First Division of the Royal Guards has put a fleet of 34 trucks and drivers on standby to help with cargo transport, in case truck…

80,000 Thai truckers to go on strike on Monday over diesel prices

October 28, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Coinciding with Thailand’s reopening to foreign arrivals on November 1st, about 80,000 trucks, including some tour buses, will stop running to put pressure on the government to meet the demand…

Truckers stage rally to demand diesel price peg at 25 baht per litre

October 19, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Hundreds of trucks and their drivers, affiliated with the Land Transport Federation of Thailand, gathered this morning (Tuesday) at muster points on six main routes in different parts of the…

Workers arrange beds in a convention center that has been converted into a temporary hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. China said Tuesday the number of infections from a new virus surpassed 20,000 as medical workers and patients arrived at a new hospital and President Xi Jinping said “we have launched a people’s war of prevention of the epidemic.” (Chinatopix via AP)

Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals

February 4, 2020
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong hospitals cut services as medical workers were striking for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely to ward…

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