Events Database

23 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Sep 13, 12Details of Karachi fire emerge amid criticism of Pakistan's workplaces
Aug 31, 12South African mining unrest spreads to Gold Fields
Aug 18, 12JAS on the police shootings at a Lonmin mine in South Africa - cartoon
Aug 17, 12South African police chief: officers opened fire on miners in self-defence – video
Aug 17, 12South African police 'shot miners to protect themselves'
Aug 17, 12South African police shoot dead striking miners
Aug 17, 12South African police open fire on striking miners – in pictures
Aug 16, 12South African police open fire on striking miners - video
Aug 14, 12South African platinum mine shut down after deadly union clashes
Jul 27, 12Caterpillar strike: in the US, it's open season on unions
Jul 26, 12Walmart accused of firing union organizers in bid to intimidate workers
Jun 26, 12Robert Mundell, evil genius of the euro
Jun 4, 12There's class war in Wisconsin, yet the Democrats sing Kumbaya
May 31, 12Apple's efforts fail to end gruelling conditions at Foxconn factories
May 16, 12Arts boycotts, hunger strikes and the defence of Israel
Apr 30, 12Social unrest on the rise in Europe, says ILO report
Mar 31, 12Germany's unions: a model for Britain or a disaster waiting to happen?
Mar 30, 12Labour reforms cannot tackle Spain's economic crisis
Mar 8, 12Kenya sacks 25,000 striking health workers
Mar 6, 12South Africa's last tea farm tries to bounce back after costly pay dispute
Mar 2, 12China's marginalised workers are waking up to their rights
Feb 28, 12Trade unions strike in India - video
Jan 16, 12China's Foxconn workers: from suicide threats to a trade union?