Workers everywhere want higher wages

State of play: Britain is facing a “summer of discontent” as everyone from railway and postal workers to teachers are striking, the New York Times reports.

• In Germany, some 8,000 dock workers went on strike last week, impacting at least six major ports and causing goods to be stuck.
• In France, striking workers separately threatened to shut down an Exxon refinery and disrupted Paris’ main airports.
• In South Korea, truckers last month went on an eight-day strike, curbing operations across businesses, including ones that make steel and computer chips. Meanwhile, Hyundai’s unionized workers in the country just voted for a possible strike.

What to watch: U.S. workers — out of anger and a sense of urgency — have been organizing in unprecedented ways.

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