Strikes

Strikes

• Portuguese teachers strike over austerity plans

  Thousands of Portuguese students have missed mandatory end-of-year exams because of a 24-hour strike by teachers opposing government plans to extend ... 

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  France hit by train strike after airport action

  After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers walked off the job Thursday to protest a reorganization of the national rail and ... 

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  EU nations battle over air traffic control plans

  A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe — and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects. A plan to simplify ... 

• France warns of mass disruption in airport strikes

  France's main airports are asking airlines to cut their flight timetables in half ahead of three days of strikes by air traffic controllers that begin ... 

• Union calls 1-day strike at Amazon Germany

  Workers at online retailer Amazon's German operations are staging a third one-day strike over pay. Union ver.di called on staff at Amazon's ... 

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  Strike shuts Lisbon subway in austerity protest

  A 24-hour strike by Lisbon subway staff snarled rush-hour traffic in the Portuguese capital Thursday, heralding a new spate of planned strikes against ... 

• UK museum staff to strike over cuts to pay, jobs

  Workers at museums and galleries in Britain — including top tourist spots like the British Museum and the National Gallery — are going on strike. 

• Amazon workers in Germany stage strike

  Amazon's German workers are staging a short-term strike in a push for higher wages. The ver.di union said Monday employees in Leipzig are walking off ... 

• 4-month strike at PSA Peugeot Citroen plant ends

  A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant. 

• Greek strikes halt air travel

  Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ... 

• Croatia Airlines goes on strike over pay cuts

  Croatia Airlines pilots and flight attendants went on strike Tuesday over planned salary cuts and layoffs that are part of efforts to restructure the ... 

• Greece uses emergency power on striking teachers

  The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. 

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  Greek anti-austerity strike threatens school exams

  A union representing teachers at Greek state high schools on Friday called a series of strikes to start next week over new austerity cuts, in action ... 

• Spain education sector hit by strike against cuts

  Thousands of students and teachers staged a strike across Spain on Thursday to protest government austerity measures and a planned new education ... 

• Wideroe crew strike grounds flights in Norway

  The Norwegian airline Wideroe says its cabin crew has gone on strike after labor negotiations broke down, grounding all aircraft and stranding 11,000 ... 

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  Israeli airlines end strike over EU deal

  Israel's airlines on Monday ended a two-day strike that stranded thousands of passengers after reaching an agreement with the government over the new ... 

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  Lufthansa cancels about 1,700 flights amid strike

  Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, walked off the job Monday on a one-day strike that prompted the company to cancel most of the ... 

• Lufthansa workers to strike next week

  The union representing 33,000 workers at Lufthansa AG says it will stage a short-term strike next week after the latest round of wage negotiations ... 

• German postal workers on strike

  A union says German postal workers have walked off the job in several regions and it will continue to stage small-scale warning strikes through Friday ... 

• German postal workers walk off the job

  Postal workers are on strike in Germany in a one-day walkout meant to put pressure on Deutsche Post AG for higher wages. The ver.di union said ... 

• Lufthansa strike forces flight cancelations

  Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights. 

• Lufthansa workers to strike at German airports

  A union says workers at Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, will stage one-day strikes Thursday to increase pressure ahead of a new round of wage ...