Labor Disputes & Strikes

Bus drivers begin 24-hour strike

CT Plus services move construction workers around the Olympic site A 24-hour bus strike has begun in east London, affecting four routes and services including those that transport workers across the 2012 Olympic Park. Members...

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Southland Times staff strike over wage freeze

More than 30 Southland Times employees are striking today in protest of Fairfax Media's freeze on wages. The journalists, printers and sales staff join thousands of other low-paid public workers in a nationwide day of strike...

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Pompidou strike moves towards fifth day

Staff at France's leading modern art gallery angry over government policy to cut number of jobs at public cultural bodies Art lovers in Paris hoping for a glimpse of Surrealist erotica or Pierre Soulages' polyptychs were left...

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CN engineers in Winnipeg brace for strike

Up to 140 CN locomotive engineers in Winnipeg could be on strike by this weekend. They are among 1,700 engineers across the country whose union, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, served the company with strike notice on...

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Hyundai workers union awaits labour dept intervention

A CITU-affiliated workers union in the Hyundai Motor India plant at Sriperumbudur near here, which has given call for a strike on December 5, today said it was awaiting "conciliatory" efforts by the labour department.

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RTC-JAC serves strike notice

Firm resolve: APSRTC Executive Director B.S.R. Murthy interacting with union members in Hyderabad on Thursday. HYDERABAD: The Joint Action Committee of unions in the A. P. State Road Transport Corporation on Thursday served...

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South Island hospital workers striking today

Health workers doing essential administrative work in South Island public hospitals are striking for three hours today to protest against most being paid less than staff doing the same work in North Island hospitals. The...

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Geelong Hospital hit by 24 hour walk-out

The union is hopeful the strike will not impact on patient care. (www.sxc.hu: sanja gjenero) Hundreds of workers at Geelong Hospital have walked off the job. The workers voted to strike for 24 hours, after 18 employees were...

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Transit union OKs strike

The local transit union may strike over what it says is unfair labor practices by the company that manages Escambia County Area Transit. ECAT workers, who are members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, voted...

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Antamina copper miners reach wage agreement. Strike averted

Workers at one of Peru's largest copper mines have reached agreement on a new wage contract and have called off planned strike action Posted: Thursday , 26 Nov 2009 LIMA (Reuters) - Workers at Antamina, a major copper pit in...

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