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Mexico: Oaxacan teachers occupy secondary school controlled by the scabs and government
- Mexico
16 Feb 2008 - 21:02
Schoolteachers affiliated to the Sección 22 branch of the education union SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores en Educación) - the main protagonists behind the Oaxaca revolt of 2006 - have occupied a secondary school in eastern Oaxaca under the control of the Sección 59 scab union branch.
Mexico: miners strikes in Sonora and Guerrero suffer at the hands of the state and bosses
- Mexico
15 Feb 2008 - 20:27
A long-running miners' strike in Cananea, Sonora continues despite strikers being repressed by police and military and a judge declaring it illegal. In Taxco, Guerrero however, the bosses respond to striking miners by closing down the site permanently.

US writers call off strike
- USA
14 Feb 2008 - 13:01
Writers are heading back to their laptops after voting through a proposed agreement between the Writer’s Guild of America (WAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) for pay and royalties over work done until 2011.
5,000 auto-workers on wildcat in Vietnam
- Vietnam
14 Feb 2008 - 12:23
More than 5,000 workers in Hai Phong City, 60 miles south east of Hanoi began a strike yesterday.

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