Strikes

Strikes

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  Greeks strike, march in protest against austerity

  Tens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday as unions staged a general strike to protest government ... 

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  Strike, protests hit Egypt's Port Said for 3rd day

  A third day of protests and strikes brought the restive city of Port Said to a halt on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded security officials be held ... 

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  Hamburg airport security staff to strike

  A German union has called on security workers at Hamburg airport to walk off the job on Wednesday, the latest in a series of strikes staged to ramp ... 

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  Workers at Spain's Iberia begin 15 days of strikes

  Protesters clashed with police at Madrid's international airport as ground staff and cabin crews for Spain's Iberia began 15 days of strikes to ... 

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  BBC journalists go on strike over job cuts

  BBC journalists walked off the job Monday in a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts at the broadcaster. Staff mounted picket lines outside of the BBC's ... 

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  Flights canceled as strikes hit 2 German airports

  Thousands of air travelers are stranded in Germany after security personnel walked off the job at two airports in a wage dispute. Security workers at ... 

• Spain's Iberia cancels 415 flights due to strike

  Spanish airline Iberia says 415 flights will be canceled next week due to a strike by labor unions protesting a company plan to lay off almost a fifth ... 

• Strike over wages at Duesseldorf, Hamburg airports

  Hundreds of flights have been canceled after security personnel walked off the job at two German airports in a dispute over wages. Security workers ... 

• Union: Strikes at Duesseldorf, Hamburg airports

  A union says security personnel at Germany's Duesseldorf and Hamburg airports will walk off the job Thursday after wage negotiations failed to make ... 

• Spain's Iberia presents major layoff plan

  Spanish airline Iberia has presented a plan to cut almost a fifth of its workforce nearly a week ahead of a first round of strikes by labor unions ... 

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  Workers vote to end 11-day trash strike in Spain

  Trash collectors in Seville have voted to end a strike that lasted 11 days and left the sidewalks of the popular tourist destination reeking with ... 

• Spain's Iberia workers call strikes over layoffs

  Labor unions representing most workers in Spain's Iberia airline have called 15 days of strikes to protest the company's plans to lay off 4,500 ... 

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  Greek ferries sail as strikers forced back to work

  Ferries set sail for Greek islands for the first time in a week Wednesday after the government invoked emergency powers to force striking seamen back ... 

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  Greece orders striking ferry crews back to work

  For the second time in less than two weeks, the Greek government invoked rarely used emergency laws to order strikers back to work Tuesday — in a move ... 

• S.Africa offers new farm worker wage after strikes

  South Africa's labor minister has announced a new minimum wage for farm workers after violent strikes swept through portions of the country. 

• Greek dock workers extend their strike

  Greek dock workers have extended their strike, leaving ferries tied up in port until Wednesday morning. The strike, which began Thursday, is demanding ... 

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  Greek dock workers extend strike

  Greek dock workers extended a 48-hour strike for a further two days on Friday, leaving ferries tied up in port over the weekend, while Athens doctors ... 

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  Greek doctors, public transport workers on strike

  Greek doctors, port workers and public transport staff in the country's capital walked off the job Thursday in strikes against deeply unpopular ... 

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  Protesters break into gov't building in Athens

  Protesters forced their way into a government building in Greece's latest anti-austerity protests Wednesday, reaching just outside a minister's office ... 

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  Greece grapples with strikes despite mobilization

  Striking bus drivers in Athens have defied a court order to return to their jobs, extending last week's protests by subway employees over ... 

• Court says Athens bus strike abusive, illegal

  A lower Athens court has ruled that a bus worker strike is illegal, opening the door for the government to force them to return to work. The strike, ... 

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  Greek subway staff end strike after police raid

  Striking subway workers in Athens returned to the job Friday, hours after the Greek government used riot police to evacuate holdouts from a train ... 

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  Greek gov't forcing end to Athens metro strike

  Greece's government announced emergency powers Thursday to force striking subway workers back to work, with those defying it risking dismissal, arrest ... 

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  Thousands strike amid gov't crisis in Slovenia

  Schools closed down, theaters cancelled shows, hospitals switched to weekend schedules and long lines formed at Slovenia's borders on Wednesday in a ... 

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  Athens' striking subway workers defy court order

  Striking subway workers in Athens defied a court order to return to their jobs and continued their protest for a sixth day on Tuesday, as ...