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Labour relations
60. (1) Every person has the right to fair labour practices.
(2) Every worker has the right to—
(a) fair remuneration;
(b) reasonable working conditions;
(c) form, join or participate in the activities and programmes of a
trade union; and
(d) go on strike.
What is to go on strike?
Definitions of strike on the Web:
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; “The teacher struck the child”; “the opponent refused to strike”; “The boxer struck the attacker dead”
affect: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; “This child impressed me as unusually mature”; “This behavior struck me as odd”
hit: hit against; come into sudden contact with; “The car hit a tree”; “He struck the table with his elbow”
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; “The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939″; “We must strike the enemy’s oil fields”; “in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2″
indicate (a certain time) by striking; “The clock struck midnight”; “Just when I entered, the clock struck”
hit: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; “We were hit by really bad weather”; “He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager”; “The earthquake struck at midnight”
stop work in order to press demands; “The auto workers are striking for higher wages”; “The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met”
fall: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; “Light fell on her face”; “The sun shone on the fields”; “The light struck the golden necklace”; “A strange sound struck my ears”
come to: attain; “The horse finally struck a pace”
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; “The pianist strikes a middle C”; “strike `z’ on the keyboard”; “her comments struck a sour note”
cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; “strike an arc”
fall upon: find unexpectedly; “the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb”; “she struck a goldmine”; “The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake”
produce by ignition or a blow; “strike fire from the flintstone”; “strike a match”
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; “Please strike this remark from the record”; “scratch that remark”
hit: cause to experience suddenly; “Panic struck me”; “An interesting idea hit her”; “A thought came to me”; “The thought struck terror in our minds”; “They were struck with fear”
Maybe the constitution should define what strike is!!!!
Riots erupted on Thursday, when a gang of white youths fired air rifle pellets at a group of Africans, injuring a Togolese man and a Nigerian, in a region where thousands of immigrants are employed picking fruit and vegetables by farms and orchards.
Hundreds of African workers went on the rampage, burning cars and smashing shop windows, sparking further attacks by local men. Dozens of people were injured in the clashes, some of the worst racial violence in Italy for decades.
via Pope condemns ‘exploitation’ of immigrants – Telegraph.
Local people clapped and cheered yesterday as hundreds of Africans were moved by police out of a small town in Calabria following clashes in which immigrant farmworkers were shot at, severely beaten and run over.
More than 300 immigrants were loaded on to buses in the riot-torn town of Rosarno, destined for immigrant holding centres. Meanwhile, an immigrant was shot from a moving car with a pellet rifle, bringing to five the number who have been shot.