Labor Disputes & Strikes
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East London bus drivers to strike
Thousands of bus drivers working for the East London Bus Group are expected to stage a 24-hour strike from 0300 GMT on Monday over a pay dispute. The Unite union has called members out after talks with employers broke down on...
Rico strike ends; nine of 16 suspended workers rejoin
The labour unrest at Rico Auto’s unit in Manesar ended on Friday as workers and company officials reached a settlement. The unions and workers had previously threatened a strike across the Manesar-Gurgaon belt on Friday, if no...
Striking museum workers occupy minister's office
Striking workers from the Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum occupied a consituency office of Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon in Buckingham, Que., Friday, demanding that he use his clout in cabinet to help put...
Royal Mail: Privatise It and See What Happens to Postage Costs
By Paul Sheen -- The Conservative Party’s policy of privatising Royal Mail (instead of protecting its market) to “avoid strikes” can only result in a dramatic increase in the cost of posting mail -- which users will discover to...
Commuters gritting and bearing it
As the SEPTA strike gummed up the city works for a third infuriating day, Philadelphia commuters persevered yesterday, proving their resilience, their patience, and (let's be honest) their resignation that there's nothing they...
Non-Academic Unions Suspend Strike
Francis Okeke and Maureen Onochie Abuja — Non academic staff of universities yesterday suspended indefinitely the strike action they embarked upon since June over pay increase. Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU),...
How the pension fund figures in SEPTA strike
By Paul Nussbaum Inquirer Staff Writer SEPTA's pension fund, which has become a key issue in the three-day-old transit strike, contained about $640 million at the end of September, down from $719 million in June 2008. He said...
Boeing's Strike: Go Figure
The shutdown is costing much more than it would to meet the machinists' demands In the days before Boeing Co.'s 18,300 machinists walked off the job on Sept. 2, management thought it had a smart strategy for avoiding a strike....
Friday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories - - November 06, 2009
The Irish Independent reports that teachers, nurses, gardai and other public service workers will not go on all-out strike even if the Government cuts their wages. Mr Bradshaw said at the outset he had been told by Mr McNamara...
Poland - Research and Markets: Poland Mining Report Q4 2009 Report Estimates That in 2008 the...
Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3522d0/poland_mining_repo) has announced the addition of the Poland Mining Report Q4 2009 report to their offering.Poland Mining Report provides industry...
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