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Added on the 22/05/2023 16:37:01 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Members of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) union picket and hold signs outside a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, on the first day of a historic strike that is ordering simultaneous stoppages at Detroit's "Big Three" for the first time. The dramatic walkout -- marked outside a Detroit-area Ford plant with rowdy honking and cheers at the arrival of the United Auto Workers' leader -- came after a last-minute push by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis failed to produce an agreement before a contract's expiration. IMAGES
The port of Calais is slowing down as part of the "dead ports" day launched by the CGT union to fight against the French government's pension reform. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets in London as half a million teachers and workers are on strike throughout Britain, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade. Organised by the TUC, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress, the strike closes thousands of schools and severely disrupts transport. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT) following a call from Belarus's opposition for a general strike over a disputed election. Demonstrators wave the opposition's red and white flag at the plant, which President Alexander Lukashenko is expected to visit. IMAGES
In Paris, a procession of hospital staff set off from the former Val-de-Grâce military hospital, bound for the Ministry of Health, to demand more resources than the 6.3 billion already put on the table by the French government. IMAGES
Police disperse protesters near Place de la République in Paris after an illegal demonstration. Several thousand undocumented migrants and supporters took part in a 'solidarity march' despite a ban by the police prefecture, to call for the "regularisation" of undocumented migrants who, according to them, have "suffered the most from the health crisis". IMAGES
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