Tag: #Strike
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South African Airways hit by crippling strike
Johannesburg, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): South African Airways workers on Friday embarked on an indefinite strike for higher wages and against the national carrier’s retrenchment plan, forcing the cash-trapped airline to ground hundreds of flights. The strike has forced South Africa’s largest carrier to cancel more than 200 domestic, regional and international flights between Friday and…
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Workers strike at Kuwait airport
Kuwait City, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of workers at Kuwait’s international airport held a one-hour strike Monday to demand better working conditions, threatening to stage longer walkouts in the coming days. Ahmed Mohammed al-Kandari, a union representative, said workers were calling for improved treatment and to be compensated for daily exposure to pollution and noise.…
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Lufthansa faces German cabin crew strike
Frankfurt am Main, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): A German union on Monday said it had called on Lufthansa cabin crew to stage a strike Thursday and Friday in an escalating battle for better pay and conditions. The walkout, scheduled to start at 2300 GMT on Wednesday and end on Friday at 2300 GMT, “will affect all…
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Strikes, student rallies as protests build in Iraq
Baghdad, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): Strikes and student rallies gripped Baghdad and southern Iraq on Tuesday, after thousands in the capital defied an overnight curfew seeking to stamp out deadly anti-government protests. At least 240 people have died and 8,000 left wounded since demonstrations broke out on October 1 over unemployment and corruption, before evolving into…
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Macron vows to push pension reform ‘to end’ despite strikes
Paris, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron vowed no let up in his drive to implement far-reaching pension reforms despite a looming winter of strikes by unions angered by the plan, in an interview broadcast on Monday. Macron told RTL radio that there would be “no complacency or weakness” in pushing through the changes,…
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UAW says it has ratified General Motors contract
New York, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): General Motors hourly workers ratified a new contract with the auto giant on Friday, ending the longest automotive strike in nearly 50 years. The package includes an $11,000 ratification bonus, wage increases and no increases in health care costs, said statements from GM and the United Auto Workers, touting the…
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Catalan students rally en masse to kick off protest strike
Barcelona, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): Catalan separatists were back out on the streets again Thursday, with students rallying as they kicked-off a two-day strike and thousands more pressing on with a long cross-country march towards Barcelona. Around 25,000 striking students and their supporters took part in a midday rally outside of Barcelona city hall, according to…
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UAW says GM strike to continue until workers vote on deal
Detroit, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): Striking workers at General Motors will not return to work until the full union membership votes on a new contract, a spokesman for the United Auto Workers said Thursday. After a lengthy meeting, the UAW GM National Council voted to send a tentative deal with GM to the workforce. Ratification is…
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GM workers struggle with daily expenses
Detroit, Oct 12 (AFP/APP): Betty Johnson, who has worked on General Motors assembly lines in Michigan and Tennessee for more than 34 years, said she knew a strike by the United Auto Workers would mean personal sacrifice. Nearly 50,000 GM hourly employees have been striking since September 16 in a walkout that has halted production…
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British Airways-parent cuts profit forecast on strikes
London, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):IAG, the owner of British Airways, said Thursday it was cutting annual profits guidance after taking a hit of 137 million euros from BA pilots carrying out historic strikes. IAG “expects its 2019 operating profit before exceptional items to be 215 million euros ($236 million) lower than 2018”, the group said, noting…