The workers went on a strike to get better pay and better working conditions.

他们不得不这样做，因为矿井老板宁愿失去更多的工人也不愿少赚钱。

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Tens of thousands of Spanish truck drivers went on a strike over rocketing fuel prices Monday, lining their trucks along major highways and bringing traffic to a standstill.

由于油价飙升，西班牙9日开始爆发大规模卡车司机罢工。数万卡车排成长队，堵在通往马德里和巴塞罗那的高速公路等地，导致交通完全瘫痪。

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Cabin crews went on strike last autumn over pay, but are currently negotiating a new contract with Iberia and have pledged not to strike while the talks continue.

机组人员在去年秋天由于薪酬问题继续罢工，但通过和西班牙航空进行谈判后，他们获得新合同，也承诺洽谈期间不会罢工。

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In eighteen ninety-two, workers at a Carnegie Steel mill in the nearby town of Homestead went on strike.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Several thousand steelworkers went on strike at a factory owned by the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead,Pennsylvania.

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Mrs Wheeldon went on a hunger strike and was released after nine months but died shortly afterwards.

BBC: L-R Hetty Wheeldon, Winnie Mason, Alice Wheeldon

She went on a hunger strike, and human rights activists from around the world called for her release.

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First detained in 2009, he spent three months in prison, where he was mistreated and went on a hunger strike.

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