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Tens of thousands of public sector workers have walked off the job in Turkey to call for the right to strike. Transport, hospitals, postal services and schools were disrupted. Some trains are reported to have stopped halfway...
A headteacher at a Catholic school faces being struck off the teaching register following an alleged harassment campaign against staff. Catherine Maltbaek, who runs the Cathedral School of St Mary in Plymouth, Devon, is facing...
TORONTO - A hearing to determine the legality of Vale Inco's use of office workers to do striking miners' jobs has been postponed. The Ontario Labour Relations Board hearing was cancelled Wednesday after some members of the...
Newcastle City Council could face strike action as it plans to cut workers pay in an attempt to introduce equal pay. A council report leaked to the href="http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/11
The old guard came to lionize Jack Nichol, the fishermen's fighter when 'we still had natural resource industries.' Jack Nichol died on November 6 at the age of 83, and entered the pantheon of B.C.'s greatest labour leaders....
Workers’ battles must be at the centre of our understanding of Karl Marx’s theories if we are to realise his hope for revolution, writes Amy Leather Karl Marx’s ideas have seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Most...
The right to strike and to collective agreements for public employees is stated by International Conventions and ECHR decisions. The government has delayed the corresponding legal amendments for years. The Public Workers' Union...
NEW YORK (AP) - Canadian National Railway Co. said Tuesday it will raise wages for its engineers and alter a work rule after contract talks fizzled last week. The Montreal-based railroad said it gave Teamsters Canada Rail...
On Tuesday, as public sector staff in the Republic of Ireland held a national strike and shops in Newry had a bonanza, as civil servants headed across the border in search of Christmas bargains, trade union leaders confirmed...
By Conor Ryan, Political Correspondent Wednesday, November 25, 2009 FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan has told "uniquely protected" public service workers they should count their blessings and pull back from further strikes. Mr...
