Strike

EasyJet cabin staff in Portugal plan early April strike over pay

LISBON, March 17 (Reuters) - EasyJet Plc EZJ.L cabin staff in Portugal will go on a three-day strike in early April to demand higher wages to compensate for the soaring cost of living, the…

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Air travel in Italy hit by nationwide strike

Multiple unions representing airport staff went on a nationwide strike Friday over pay disputes and other working conditions. The industrial action will impact airport handling, security, aviation, and other support…

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French strikes disrupt fuel deliveries, power supply for fourth day

PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - Deliveries were blocked from leaving TotalEnergies' TTEF.PA refineries and depots on Friday, a company spokesperson said, as workers extended a strike over planned pension reforms…

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UK Channel border staff to strike in busy holiday week in February

LONDON (Reuters) - Around 1,000 British Border Force officers at English Channel ports will join a wave of industrial action and go on strike next month, unions said, in a…

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French labour minister says raising pensions age is ‘non-negotiable’ despite mass protests

PARIS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - French Labour Minister Oliver Dussopt said on Wednesday that raising the retirement age to 64 was "non-negotiable", a day after more than a million people…

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Strike at Berlin airport to ground flights on Wednesday

BERLIN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The operator of Germany's BER airport in the capital Berlin expects a strike planned for Wednesday to ground all regular passenger flights, the airport operator…

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French union threatens to cut electricity to MPs, billionaires amid nationwide strike

PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - France's hardline CGT union has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to lawmakers and billionaires before a nationwide strike on Thursday, in an increasingly acrimonious…

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Teachers announce UK strike, adding to disruption

By Sarah Young and Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Teachers in England and Wales on Monday announced they would take strike action, joining nurses, rail workers and others in staging…

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Britain’s nurses announce further strike dates in January

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of nurses in Britain will go on strike again on Jan. 18 and 19, with further dates to be confirmed in the new year, their…

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Air travellers warned of delays as UK passport control staff strike

LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Passengers at British airports were warned of delays after passport control staff walked out on Friday on the first day of a strike due to…

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Strike brings trains to standstill across Austria

VIENNA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Austrian rail traffic ground to a halt from midnight, impacting around 8,000 connections and some one million passengers, as workers held a 24-hour strike on…

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British nurses to hold first ever strike over pay

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of British nurses will go on strike for the first time over demands for better pay, their trade union said on Wednesday,…

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Paris commuters face travel chaos Thursday as metro workers strike

PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Paris commuters and visiting tourists are set to face serious disruptions on Thursday as metro workers go on strike, with a third of subway lines…

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UPDATED: Hundreds of Heathrow airport workers to strike

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of workers at London's Heathrow airport will walk out in the run-up to the soccer World Cup this month over demands for better pay,…

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Twenty French nuclear reactors affected by strike, union says

PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Strikes have affected work at nearly a third of France's nuclear reactors, an FNME-CGT power union representative said on Wednesday, delaying maintenance at many of…

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Workers continue strikes at some TotalEnergie sites Monday – union

PARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Strikes at several TotalEnergies refineries and storage sites that have been weighing on France's petrol supplies have been continued by workers on Monday morning, a…

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Explainer: Why are French refinery workers striking?

PARIS, (Reuters) - The French government is intervening to end a blockade of refineries if workers do not end a weeks-long strike that has led to shortages at petrol stations…

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UPDATED: France starts forced return to work at fuel depot in showdown with union

PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The French government on Wednesday ordered some staff at an Exxon Mobil depot back to work and warned a TotalEnergies' depot could be next, risking…

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Strikes to bring London’s transport network to a halt

LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - London's transport network will grind to a halt on Friday as tube and bus workers strike over pay and conditions, the latest in a summer…

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British train drivers’ strike begins

Rail passengers will need to brace for widespread disruption this weekend as train drivers begin strike action today. Members of the union Aslef at nine train companies are walking out…

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Britain’s trains disrupted in second widespread rail strike in a week

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain's rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the…

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Rail travel disruption due to strikes in the UK on July 27 and July 30

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Train drivers at eight British rail companies will strike on July 30 over a pay dispute, the drivers’ union ASLEF said on Thursday. "Strike action…

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Paris airport workers call off strikes scheduled this week-end

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - Workers at France's main airport operator ADP said on Friday they would remove a strike notice for the week-end, as did the firefighters at Paris's international CDG airport…

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Social unrest over spiralling living costs spreads to France’s railways

PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - Railway workers in France went on strike on Wednesday, disrupting travel across the rail network days before the summer holidays begin and at a time of unrest…

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63% of SAS flights cancelled on Wednesday

STOCKHOLM, July 6 (Reuters) - Scandinavian airline SAS headed into the third day of a crippling pilot strike, cancelling well over half its flights on Wednesday, as it geared up for the…

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Airport worker strikes ground some flights in Paris

PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - Airport workers went on strike at Paris' main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle on Friday, forcing the cancellation of about 10% of flights and bringing more disruption…

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SAS pilots warns of potential strike from June 24

COPENHAGEN, June 9 (Reuters) - The Danish Pilot Union said on Thursday some 1,000 SAS SAS.ST pilots from Denmark, Norway and Sweden could go on strike from June 24 if they fail to reach…

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MEA calls for an immediate resolution to teachers’ dispute

The Malta Employers’ Association has called on the Government and the MUT to seek an immediate resolution to the current dispute which is depriving children of education, and which is…

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Amazon workers at German warehouse to strike again

Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the…

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Photo Story: Nationwide union warning strikes for public transport services in Germany

Buses with the digital display 'warning strike #TVN2020' and flags of the trade union Verdi block the entrance to the bus depot of the public transport services in Dortmund, Germany,…

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Malta: Turkish workers on hunger strike at Sliema site after not being paid

A group of Turkish workers are on hunger strike as they continue to insist they have not been paid by TACA Construction, the company working on the major Fortina Hotel…

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Flights affected as mass transport strikes across France continued Wednesday

Mass transportation strikes entered their 42nd day on Wednesday with one union representing air traffic controllers also joining the industrial action. Unions and governments have been meeting on Tuesday to…

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France’s transport strike longest since May 1968

France's transport strike against pension reform has entered its 29th day, making it the longest rail workers' strike since May 1968. Industrial action against President Emmanuel Macron's planned pension reform…

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French strikes continue to throw holiday travel into chaos

France's transport network remained disrupted in Paris and across the country over the weekend, complicating travel for those returning from Christmas breaks or leaving for holidays for the New Year. The rolling…

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24-hour strike in Belgium

The National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) has announced that only a third of all scheduled trains will run during a national 24-hour strike being held by several unions, starting…

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France braces for severe disruption amid biggest strike in decades

France is preparing for severe disruption as millions of workers go on strike in protest at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions. School and transport workers will…

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1,300 Lufthansa flights cancelled as courts approve strike

Lufthansa cancelled 1,300 out of 6,000 flights scheduled — 700 on Thursday and 600 on Friday after German airline failed Wednesday with its injunction application and subsequent appeal against strike…

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Over 200 Alitalia flights cancelled because of pilot, cabin crew strike

Alitalia pilots and cabin crew staged a 24-hour strike called by the Anpac, Anpav and Anp unions on Wednesday. See full list of cancelled flights here The action forced…

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Photo Story: General strike in Athens

Members of the Communist-affiliated PAME labour union shout slogans during a demonstration marking a 24-hour general strike in Athens, Greece. Greek labour unions called for a 24-hour strike in protest…

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Paris braces for Friday’s massive public transport strike

Public transport in Paris will be extremely disrupted on Friday due to a strike called by transport unions. Transport unions have called for a major walk-out in protest against pension…

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British Airways pilots in unprecedented 48-hour strike today and Tuesday

British Airways pilots began a 48-hour strike on Monday, grounding most of the airline’s flights and disrupting thousands of travellers’ plans in unprecedented industrial action over a pay dispute. The…

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British Airways pilots to strike on Monday and Tuesday

Pilots at British Airways are preparing for a long-term campaign of disruption that could continue until the Christmas holidays, starting with strikes tomorrow Monday and Tuesday that will bring the…

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Legal action by Ryanair to prevent Irish pilots’ strike

On Monday the High Court in Dublin will hear an application by Ryanair aimed at securing an order preventing industrial action by some of its Irish based pilots later this…

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Ryanair’s Irish pilots to proceed with strike

Directly employed Ryanair pilots based in Ireland, who are members of the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA), are to strike for 48 hours from midnight on 22 August. The move comes after…

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Lisbon Airport operations restricted due to fuel strike

Portugal’s Airport Authority (ANA)has complained that the pace of resupplying Lisbon Airport with fuel is "insufficient and is at levels well below those stipulated for minimum services," causing "operating restrictions.…

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Talks to avert Ryanair’s Irish pilots strike

Ryanair’s directly employed pilots in Ireland agreed to attend mediated talks starting on Wednesday to avert a strike their trade union said would go ahead next week if the airline…

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Photo Story: Security control strike at Barcelona’s airport

Passengers in transit at El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, 11 August 2019, on the third day of an indefinite strike of workers of Trablisa, the control security check…

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Portugal’s fuel-tanker drivers to strike

Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers voted to strike from Monday for an indefinite period, raising fears about the impact on the country's tourism-dependent economy during the busy summer season. The vote means…

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Ryanair pilots’ strike on 22 – 23 August and a 72-hour strike on 2 September

Ryanair passengers are facing the prospect of five days of disruption in late August and early September after talks to avert strike action by UK-based pilots broke down. Ryanair pilots…

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Monday’s Heathrow strike suspended

A strike due to start at Heathrow Airport on Monday has been suspended so that further talks can take place to resolve a pay dispute. Thousands of members of the…

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Citywide chaos in Hong Kong, reports that one person was injured as car rams crowd

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are close to creating a "very dangerous situation", the city's leader Carrie Lam warned Monday as train travel and international flights in the global financial hub…

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Heathrow Airport cancels 172 flights

Heathrow Airport will cancel 172 flights on Monday and Tuesday after thousands of workers overwhelmingly rejected a revised pay offer. Unite said 88% of its 4,000 union members - who…

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Alitalia strike set for Friday moved to September 6

A 24-hour strike by Alitalia pilots and flight attendants has been put off from Friday until September 6, unions announced. The unions took the decision after appeals from the strike…

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Nationwide transport strike in Italy

A nationwide strike of transport workers effecting trains, metros, buses and ferries kicked off on Wednesday morning. The strike will also effect air transport with planes will be grounded on…

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Ryanair’s British pilot union to vote on possible August strike

Ryanair's British pilot union is to ballot members on possible strike action in coming weeks in a dispute over working conditions, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) announced on Wednesday.…

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Summer disruptions, including ‘shut down’ for Heathrow Airport expected if union proceeds with strike

A trade union has threatened to disrupt the summer holidays of millions of Britons with plans to “shut down” Heathrow. As many as 4,000 staff are planning to hold strikes…

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Photo Story – Women on Strike

A general aerial view taken with a drone shows women protest during a nationwide women's strike in Lausanne, Switzerland, 14 June 2019. Over 40'000 people gathered for the protest in…

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