Labor Disputes & Strikes

Not too late to roll back councillors' pay raise

Two weeks down and maybe many more to go in Toronto's municipal workers strike. Common sense tells you there has to be movement in the next seven to 10 days or we might descend into a protracted strike. See Windsor, nearing...

Billy Herman: Baseball Hall of Fame legend

By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com When he was living, Billy Herman had hundreds and hundreds of stories to tell his grandchildren about his 40-plus-year career as a Hall of Fame baseball player and professional...

Talks over electricians' strike

The Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission has said he is not too optimistic that a threatened strike by more than 10,000 electricians on Monday can be averted. Ciaran Mulvey said that the public positions of...

Frequent strikes might make Pricol move out of Coimbatore

Leading auto component manufacturer Pricol has said it may be forced to move production units out of the district due to frequent strikes and 'non-cooperative' attitude of some workers for the last two years,substantially...

SABC promises no blackout after threat

By Sapa and Helen Bamford The SABC has assured its customers they will continue to get their television and radio programmes in spite of striking workers threatening a nationwide blackout. More than half of the public...

Talks to avert WC2010 workers strike resume

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Unions representing workers at South Africa's World Cup stadiums will resume wage talks on Monday to avert a strike that could delay construction deadlines, SAPA news agency said on Friday. Workers at five...

British workers strike against layoffs

Striking workers were fired at the Lindsay plant in northern England of Total SA, Europe’s largest oil refiner, as a battle over layoffs spread to plants across the United Kingdom. Contract negotiations are taking place between...

Frantic efforts to avert electrical strike

By Stephen Rogers Saturday, July 04, 2009 THE Labour Relations Commission has 48 hours to avert indefinite strike action by 10,500 electricians which could grind all the country’s major construction projects to a halt from...

Strike averted as workers, paper reach deal

Details of agreement won't be released until ratification vote set for Monday afternoon The Globe and Mail and 480 unionized employees reached a tentative contract agreement late Thursday, averting a strike at one of Canada's...

After strike Air India chief warns staff of `harsh` decisions !

Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav has asked employees, who went on a two-hour strike Friday, to be prepared for harsh decisions necessary to deal with the financial crisis the carrier faces.

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