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» 27.07.2009 - SA municipal workers on strike
» 18.06.2009 - Zimbabwe’s civil servants threaten to strike
» 12.05.2009 - Burundi doctors continue strike over pay
» 08.05.2009 - Chinese company takes over another Zambian closed copper mine
» 22.04.2009 - Nigerian tankers suspend strike
» 21.04.2009 - Nigeria govt re-assures nation as fuel shortages hit
» 09.04.2009 - SA truckers vow to contrinue strike over Easter weekend
» 25.03.2009 - Nigerian oil workers suspend strike
» 23.03.2009 - Libya to recruit Bangladesh workers for dev projects
» 03.03.2009 - Oil workers issue a 21 day ultimatum
» 25.02.2009 - Zim teachers end year long strike
» 18.02.2009 - Pharmacists suspend strike as negotiations continue
» 17.02.2009 - Egypt truckers strike enters fourth day
» 11.02.2009 - Nigeria cuts political office bearers' salaries
» 09.02.2009 - Nigeria oil workers delay strike
» 19.01.2009 - Teachers embark on an indefinite strike
» 17.12.2008 - Striking health workers resume duties
» 11.12.2008 - "Mining crisis" in DRC's Katanga province
» 10.12.2008 - Another DRC copper mine closed
» 03.11.2008 - SA platinum mining faces possible mass lay-offs
» 16.10.2008 - South Africa shuts two of continent largest gold mines
» 10.10.2008 - US awards $4.7 million to strengthen workers' benefits of international trade
» 09.10.2008 - Cairo among top ten emerging global outsourcing cities
» 24.09.2008 - Striking bank employees ordered back to work
» 02.09.2008 - Mauritius leader asked to ignore employment bills
» 06.08.2008 - SA trade unions stage mass strike
» 05.08.2008 - Tanzanians lead own mining development
» 16.07.2008 - South African gold miners down tools
» 23.06.2008 - Luanda most expensive city in the world
» 22.04.2008 - Trade unions call for decent work
» 07.03.2008 - Rioting Zambia miners sacked
» 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi
» 22.01.2007 - Libya to lay off 400,000 employees
» 04.01.2007 - Mauritius expects less unemployed in 2007
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