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Added on the 01/11/2018 16:10:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of New York Times employees holding a one-day strike outside the company's offices in Manhattan in the first industrial action of its kind at the newspaper in more than 40 years. Journalists and other workers at the storied media outlet, often referred to as America's paper of record, walked out at midnight for 24 hours after failing to reach an agreement with the company on a new round of contract negotiations. IMAGES
Images from outside King's Cross station in London as British railway workers begin a strike over jobs and pay, billed as the biggest walkout in thirty years. Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke down, meaning more than 50,000 members of rail union RMT will walk out for three days this week. IMAGES
Amazon workers celebrate in New York after they voted to form the first US union at the e-commerce giant, a milestone at a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce. Employees at the Staten Island JFK8 warehouse voted 2,654 to 2,131 in support of the unionizing drive, according to a tally of ballots from the National Labor Relations Board. IMAGES
"Welcome to mandate America," "essential yesterday, unemployed today," "no vax mandate": Holding up signs and flags, employees in New York City prepare to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, heading to City Hall to protest the Covid-19 vaccine mandate. The mandate applies to municipal workers, who now have less than a week to get their Covid-19 vaccines or go on unpaid leave IMAGES
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation after a report released last week by the state's Attorney General concluded the governor had sexually harassed multiple women. "I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing," says Cuomo, whose resignation will take effect in 14 days. IMAGES