British Airways and the country's biggest trade union were in last-ditch talks Thursday in a bid to avert a planned strike this weekend by BA cabin crew. BA chief executive Willie Walsh and Unite joint-leader Tony Woodley met face to face with ...
A protester from a communist linked union and a protesting police officer applause each other during a rally as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens, Thursday March 11, 2010, as part of a nationwide general strike against the government's harsh ...
A train company worker walks between parked train carriages as the main entrance is locked with a chain at subway station of Piraeus near Athens Greece, during a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Greek public transport was halted, flights ...
A fisherman prepares his rod in front of idle ferries, at the port of Piraeus near Athens Greece, during a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff ...
A security guard explains to a patient that medical appointments have been canceled at Lisbon'a Sao Jose hospital due to a national strike by civil servants, Wednesday, March 4, 2010. Portuguese civil servants' unions called a strike to protest against a planned ...
<div><p>A strike by some 24,000 refinery workers was averted, at least for now, as both sides agreed to extend negotiations for at least 24 hours.</p><p>Workers at refineries near New Orleans, Houston and as far away as Billings, Mont., will show up for ...
<div id="subtitle">Strike by 24,000 refinery workers averted, for now, as both sides agree to extend negotiations</div><div><p>A strike by some 24,000 refinery workers was averted, at least for now, as both sides agreed to extend negotiations for at least 24 hours.</p>< ...
<div><p>US oil industry representative and union negotiators entered extended talks on a new contract Monday as the threat of a nationwide strike loomed.</p><p>The contract covering 24,000 employees at the oil majors and independent refiners expired at 12:01 am Sunday.</p><p> ...
<div><p>Workers are much less likely to go on strike than they were in the 1970s and 1980s as the UK goes into a recession, according to union activists and industrial relations experts.</p><p>Last month, in a groundbreaking agreement, union members at digger firm ...
<div><p>Taxi drivers smashed car windows and police vehicles as they went on strike in one of China's biggest cities Monday, state press said, in a rare bout of industrial action for the communist-run country.</p><p>Thousands of taxi drivers in southwest China's Chongqing city ...
