#ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy Hamas-hired workers in Gaza strike for wages in test for unity deal http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-hamas-hired-workers-in-gaza-strike-for-wages-in-test-for-unity-deal/1945293.html Some 40,000 public servants hired by Hamas went on strike in Gaza on Thursday in a pay dispute that could test the resilience of the new Palestinian government, formed just weeks ago under the Islamist group's unity pact with President Mahmoud Abbas. All government offices in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were closed as a result of the one-day strike, but hospital emergency rooms remained open and police continued to patrol the streets...