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Five workers at a western Iranian sugar factory who had been striking for better pay were released late Tuesday, according to the Free Workers’ Union of Iran, the country’s main federation of independent trade unions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Pilots at Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, who had been striking every Monday and Friday since Feb. 27, went on a daily indefinite strike from June 6 amid a pay dispute.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

The Abellio drivers in two south London depots had been offered a 12% pay rise and a £500 bonus - splitting opinion among drivers, who had been striking without full pay for 10 days.

From BBC • May 25, 2023

He told the broadcaster the "NHS needs to be rebuilt with billions and billions" and that nurses who had been striking over the last two months over pay were "not asking for much".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023

The mocking-bird had been striking up once or twice in the conversation, and now pealed his note loud: "Vesta, she! she! she! she-ee-ee!"

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred