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- Buttigieg joins Uber, Lyft drivers in San Francisco gig-work protest https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/buttigieg-joins-uber-lyft-drivers-in-san-14382525.php 11 comments politics
- Afghan women protest in Kabul, demand education and work. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/29/Afghan-women-protest-in-Kabul-demand-education-and-work- 624 comments worldnews
- Amazon Workers in Italy Are Striking In Protest of Grueling Working Conditions https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8nvv/amazon-workers-in-italy-are-striking-in-protest-of-grueling-working-conditions 3 comments europe
- Protesters stop work on 5G installation at Mullumbimby NSW https://www.echo.net.au/2020/04/protestors-stop-work-on-5g-installation-at-mullumbimby/ 8 comments worldnews
- 12 people working for prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption fund have been jailed following their arrests in the group's office during nationwide protests at the weekend. http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/staff-opposition-leaders-anti-corruption-fund-jailed-46416728 4 comments worldnews
- Native American protesters disrupt work on large oil pipeline http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37099094 11 comments worldnews
- Chinese factory that manufactures Apple and Nintendo products convinces 200 workers not to commit mass suicide in protest of working conditions. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9006988/mass-suicide-protest-at-apple-manufacturer-foxconn-factory.html#.tw3pyg4iz_g.reddit 4 comments worldnews
- "Angry About PM's Work, Not CAA": Sushil Modi On Shaheen Bagh Protesters https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sushil-modi-says-shaheen-bagh-protesters-angry-about-pm-narendra-modis-work-not-caa-2177290 3 comments india
- "Excuse To Not Work": Sheila Dikshit Trashes Arvind Kejriwal's Protest https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/sheila-dikshit-trashes-arvind-kejriwals-protest-calls-it-an-excuse-to-not-work-1868088 4 comments india
- Report: Fewer cops worked Dolphins game in response to protests https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-fewer-cops-worked-dolphins-game-response-protests-022309737.html 19 comments politics
- Democrats Shut Down The Senate's Work This Afternoon To Protest Comey's Firing https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/democrats-are-slowing-down-the-senates-work-in-response-to?utm_term=.kpwayvqqp#.tbxjg4vzb 67 comments politics
- Thousands protest Wisconsin right-to-work bill at capitol http://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-unions-plan-saturday-protest-bill-130956572--business.html 4 comments politics
- 300 Turkish coal miners barricade themselves inside underground mine to protest work conditions http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-mine-workers-barricade-themselves-in-coal-mine-to-protest-conditions.aspx?pageid=238&nid=58379&newscatid=341 6 comments worldnews
- People are in the streets protesting Donald Trump. But when does protest actually work? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/21/people-are-in-the-streets-protesting-donald-trump-but-when-does-protest-actually-work/ 35 comments politics
- Report: Rally organizers say GOP lawmakers worked on Jan. 6 protests https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/578251-jan-6-protest-organizers-say-they-communicated-with-conservative 19 comments politics
- Hospital frontline workers protest after administrators who work from home are set to receive vaccine before them https://www.dailydot.com/irl/stanford-hospital-protest-vaccine-video/ 20 comments politics
- Gujarat: Labourers protested and pelted stones at the office of Diamond Bourse in Surat, alleging that they were made to work amid #CoronavirusLockdown. Workers also demanded that they be sent back to their native places. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1255045911794737153?s=09 5 comments india
- Until the people of the US protest on scales of that of Hong Kong, nothing will ever be done to tackle climate change, corruption, kleptocracy, housing prices, work hours and conditions etc... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48655634 17 comments politics
- To the Protesters of Occupy Wall Street - Your Cause is Just - You Are Continuing the Work of Martin Luther King Jr. - He Began Speaking About Economic Justice and Equality Before He Was Assassinated http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm 26 comments politics
- Oregon school employee comes to work in blackface to protest vaccine mandate, says she’s Rosa Parks https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2021/09/oregon-school-employee-comes-to-work-in-blackface-to-protest-vaccine-mandate-says-shes-rosa-parks.html 7 comments nottheonion
- Iceland's women leave work at 2.38pm to protest gender pay gap: According to unions and women's organisations, in every eight hour day women are essentially working without pay from 2.38pm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/iceland-women-protest-strike-gender-pay-gap-leave-work-early-a7378801.html 608 comments worldnews
- The Benefits of Fewer NYPD Arrests: "New York cops started a 'virtual work stoppage' to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio. That might be a good thing for New Yorkers." http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/the-benefits-of-fewer-nypd-arrests/384126/ 55 comments politics
- Dissident Wikipedia editors say planned SOPA protest blackout could threaten credibility of their work http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_wikipedia_credibility?site=ap&section=home&template=default 4 comments politics
- Photo: At the protests in Wisconsin, doctors stood on street corners writing doctor’s notes for anyone who called in sick to work. http://curate.tumblr.com/post/3408071959/at-the-protests-in-madison-wisconsin-doctors 5 comments politics
- Author of iPhone piracy app protests when website links to a pirated version of his app. His reason? "I need people to support my work..." http://i.gizmodo.com/5144751/crackulous-allows-for-app-store-piracy 4 comments reddit.com
- The Dutch police wants to stop the Tour de France platoon for a traffic stop as part of their protests for better work conditions [Dutch link] http://nos.nl/artikel/2043180-politie-wil-tour-peloton-stilleggen.html 24 comments bicycling
- Canadian scientists protest against government censorship - Rules bar government researchers from talking about their own work with journalists and even fellow researchers http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/16/canadian-scientists-government-censorship 121 comments worldnews
- Your tax dollars at work: U.S. ally Yemen uses live ammo to quell protests, at least 31 protesters killed http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/18/yemen_protesters_killed 19 comments worldnews
- Puerto Ricans pushed out a sitting governor for the first time in history: The massive protests worked. https://www.vox.com/2019/7/24/20703901/puerto-rico-protests-governor-resigns 10 comments politics
- 90% of Detroit Public Schools are closed today as teachers protest deplorable working conditions and mismanagement from state appointed Emergency Manager Darnell Earley (former EM of Flint) http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/us/detroit-public-schools-michigan-governor/ 37 comments politics
- "Stay in the Streets. It's Working": Two Weeks Into Racial Justice Protests, New York State Classifies Use of Chokeholds as Felony https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/08/stay-streets-its-working-two-weeks-racial-justice-protests-new-york-state-classifies 1233 comments politics
- The Auschwitz slogan 'Work sets you free' seen at the Re-Open Illinois protest aimed at governor, JB Pritzker, who is of Jewish descent https://www.businessinsider.com/auschwitz-arbeit-macht-frei-anti-lockdown-poster-at-chicago-rally-2020-5 1123 comments politics
- "We are not robots" — Amazon workers stage large-scale protests across U.K., Europe: Labor activists across Europe use Black Friday to raise awareness about Amazon's working conditions, alleged abuses https://www.salon.com/2019/12/01/we-are-not-robots-amazon-workers-stage-large-scale-protests-across-u-k-europe/ 8 comments technology
- Thousands of Belarussians take to the streets to protest 'social parasite law' which requires those who work less than 183 days per year to pay the government $250 in compensation for lost taxes. http://in.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-protests-iduskbn15w1y0 9 comments worldnews
- Bush's "Presidential Advance Manual" Revealed: calls for "volunteers to distribute tickets in a manner to deter protesters and to stop demonstrators from entering. It also calls for "rally squads" to drown out demonstrators and get between them and news cameras." Your tax dollars at work. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,drmn_15_5607610,00.html 4 comments reddit.com
- "Unke sar phod rahe the." A girl who went to protest alone for the first time today talks about how the police lathi charged without warning, hitting a young boy on the head who said he was not protesting, he just worked in the area. She took him bleeding to LNJP. #DelhiGate - Video - The Wire https://twitter.com/thewire_in/status/1208073425991823360?s=19 10 comments india
- RIO: A teacher who criticized the police work regarding the protests was the victim of an abduction and told: "Do not give any more interviews, do not cite the military police in any way anymore, or it will be the your last interview". He was was the former Secretary of State for Human Rights. http://translate.google.es/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=utf-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.estadao.com.br%2Fnoticias%2Fgeral%2Csociologo-que-estuda-protestos-e-vitima-de-sequestro%2C1055224%2C0.htm 262 comments worldnews
- “I work f/t at the richest company in the world”: A Seattle Walmart worker said she has gone on strike to protest that she could only make around $14,000/yr. ...working as a customer service manager, her family remained on food stamps and other benefits. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/15/wal-mart-workers-begin-black-friday-disruptions/ 18 comments politics
- Opting Out of Naked Scans at the Airport: A Protest Movement -- "the status quo demeans a free people; and unless a critical mass of Americans gum up the works, TSA is sure to transgress against us more in time." http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/opting-out-of-naked-scans-at-the-airport-a-protest-movement/251444/ 180 comments politics