| 28 Jan 10 | McDonalds wrong to sack worker over cheese -- A branch of the McDonalds hamburger chain in the Friesian town of Lemmer was wrong to sack a worker for giving a colleague on a break an extra piece of cheese on her hamburger, a court ruled on Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Jan 10 | Workers Suffer as Japan Airlines Goes Bankrupt, Gets Bailout -- These days, it seems like the airline industry can't catch a break. Faced with in-flight terrorist plots and a recession, airlines are struggling with revenue, security concerns and customer dissatisfaction. And most of all, airline employees have felt the pinch as carriers tighten their budgets. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Jan 10 | BWI affiliates sending aid to Haiti -- The BWI affiliate in the neighbouring Dominican Republic, AMACOA (Asociación de Maestros Constructores de Obras Autorizados) has called its members to support the Haitians with food and water. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Jan 10 | Panasonic staff continues protest -- More than 200 employees blocked the gate of a factory belonging to Panasonic Corporation of China for the fourth day yesterday in a desperate attempt to secure a better severance deal. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | Jobs may outweigh raises in wage talks -- Annual wage talks started Tuesday with the focus on whether to maintain periodic pay hikes or prioritize job security amid the prolonged slump. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | BR seeks to thwart workers' attempt to unionise -- The train crew was given the go-ahead by the Industrial Court to unionise but the railways management is not happy about the development. At the Court of Appeal, BR lawyer, Stephen Vivian stated that the workers can only unionise if they represent one third of the employees of the railway. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | Public sector workers begin work-to-rule -- A number of public service unions have commenced a nationwide work-to-rule in protest at the Government's decision to cut the pay of State employees. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | Opel workers call for ‘unified social Europe’ -- Opel workers union representatives converging on a threatened factory in Belgium are demanding European unity. They reject General Motors’ Europe’s restructuring plans to close the Antwerp plant and cut more than 8,000 jobs Europe-wide. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jan 10 | Wal-Mart Tells Employees It Will Cut 11,200 Jobs -- Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest retailer, is cutting about 11,200 jobs at its Sam’s Club warehouses, the company told its employees in a memo on Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jan 10 | Union prepared to strike over cut to minimum wage -- PRIVATE sector trade unions are prepared to strike, if the Government introduces legislation allowing companies to claim inability to pay their staff the minimum wage applicable in their sector. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jan 10 | Unions warn of general strike for Tekel workers -- As protests by workers from the country’s former state-owned alcohol and tobacco monopoly, or Tekel, continue, union confederations have pledged a general strike if the government fails to meet their demands by Jan. 26. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Jan 10 | Bangladesh garment factories open after days of violence by thousands over wages -- DHAKA, Bangladesh - About 700 garment factories in Bangladesh reopened Wednesday after days of violent protests by tens of thousands of workers demanding better wages. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jan 10 | Striking Aussie workers have implications for NZ oil and gas -- The Maritime Union of New Zealand is supporting strike action in the West Australian offshore oil and gas sector and says the issue has implications for New Zealand. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jan 10 | Accord Reached on Insurance Tax for Costly Plans -- WASHINGTON — The White House, Congressional leaders and labor unions said Thursday that they had reached agreement on a proposal to tax high-cost health insurance policies, resolving one of the major differences between the House and the Senate over far-reaching health legislation. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jan 10 | Workers end strike at two French refineries-union -- PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Workers at two of Total's (TOTF.PA) French refineries voted to end a two-day strike in protest at the possible closure of the Dunkirk refinery in northern France, a CGT union spokesman said on Thursday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jan 10 | Workers at shoe factory pledge to extend protest against firings -- ANGRY garment workers on Wednesday vowed to extend their protest against the firings of three union leaders into a second week if factory owners refused to rehire the sacked workers and allow staff to form a new union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | Civil Servants threaten strike in 2 weeks -- HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean state teachers and health workers threatened on Wednesday to strike over low pay, in a move that would paralyse public services and put pressure on a unity government struggling to reverse a decade of economic collapse. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | Minibus drivers’ strike brings Kenya to a standstill -- Minibus drivers across Kenya staged a three-day strike last week in protest over harassment and extortion, which they allege traffic police officials are carrying out. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | Debt-heavy Kraft could put 30,000 Cadbury jobs at risk, warns Unite -- A colossal £22 billion worth* of debt will swamp Cadbury and could put at risk some 30,000 jobs, including around 7,000 jobs at Cadbury itself, if Kraft's bid for the confectionery company wins through. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jan 10 | Ferihegy airport strike causes delays, no cancellations -- A strike by ground staff at Budapest's international Ferihegy airport is expected to cause delays on Tuesday, a spokesman of Hungarian airlines Malev told MTI on Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jan 10 | Six months after Vale's Canadian workers began strike, little progress has been made -- Six months after most of the Canadian employees of Brazilian miner Vale voted to go on strike, the two sides in the drawn-out labour dispute appear able to agree on only one thing: virtually no progress has been made. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jan 10 | Steelworkers union to file 'bad-faith' bargaining complaint against Vale Inco -- TORONTO — The United Steelworkers union says it will file a bad-faith bargaining complaint against Vale Inco. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jan 10 | Indosiar Employees Rally Demanding a Pay Rise -- Around 200 employees of Indosiar, a private television station in Indonesia, were staging a rally in front of their office building on Jalan Daan Mogot in West Jakarta on Monday demanding better salaries and facilities. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jan 10 | Dockworkers Strike at Top French Ports -- The loading and unloading of containers stopped on Jan. 11 at France's top container ports, Le Havre and Marseilles, as dockworkers staged the second 24-hour strike in as many weeks to protest government reforms. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jan 10 | Company Fails to Pay Workers -- Harare — BONNEZIM, a tinned foods producing company in Chegutu, has reportedly failed to pay workers' salaries since the introduction of the multi-currency system early last year. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jan 10 | Workers threaten strikes against Greek fiscal plan -- Greek labour unions are threatening to strike next month against a plan prescribed by the European Union to cut pay and hike taxes, piling pressure on the socialist government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jan 10 | European Trade Union Confederation sends Spain’s Prime Minister, proposals for Spanish presidency -- European Trade Union Confederation sends Spain’s Prime Minister, proposals for the Spanish presidency of the EU. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jan 10 | Transit union shifts labour ruling to a win -- OC Transpo drivers were the real winners in a supplementary ruling by an Ontario labour arbitration board, says the head of their union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Jan 10 | Workers threaten strikes against Greek fiscal plan -- ATHENS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Greek labour unions are threatening to strike next month against a plan prescribed by the European Union to cut pay and hike taxes, piling pressure on the socialist government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Jan 10 | GM Woos Opel's Labor Chief in Revamping -- For much of the past year, Klaus Franz has been a thorn in General Motors Co.'s side. Mr. Franz, the labor chief at GM's Opel, has blamed the European car unit's troubles on its American parent, saying GM was "filled with yes-men" and that it had a "centralized planning system worse than in [former] East Germany." ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Jan 10 | Casino staff raise stakes in Star pay row -- Workers at Sydney's Star City casino will try to raise the stakes in their pay row by striking twice in the space of 14 hours. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Moroccan unions warn of strike over pay pact -- Unions in Morocco are insisting that agreements on wages and bonuses must be implemented before talks with the government can proceed. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Guinea Unions Threaten Year-Long Strike Over Political Crisis -- Labor leaders in Guinea are threatening to stage a year-long strike if the military government does not resolve the country's political crisis. There is still no official word on the health of Guinea's military leader, more than one month after he was shot in the head. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Chile Codelco copper miners' strike ends -- Work is set to resume at the world's second biggest copper mine after workers voted to end a strike over pay. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Jan 10 | Tobacco plant workers fighting for equal pay stuck in legal limbo -- Workers are always the first to suffer when poorly managed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) seek to restructure and cut costs in order to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive market economy. At a state-owned tobacco plant in Henan, for example, nearly a quarter of the workforce (86 out of 380) had their wages slashed and their employment contracts “spun off” to an outside employment agency as part of the enterprise’s restructuring program initiated in 2003. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Jan 10 | Codelco Copper Strike Ends as Miners Back Record $24,000 Bonus -- Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Striking workers at Chilean copper producer Codelco voted in favor of a new pay offer, including a $24,000 bonus, ending a stoppage at the Chuquicamata mine. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Jan 10 | Tea labourers in Habiganj on indefinite strike -- Labourers of four tea gardens under Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district yesterday began an indefinite strike demanding recognition of the tea labour union committee that was elected in October 2008. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Guinea Union Leaders Say They Will Strike if Demands Not Met -- Guinea labor union leaders said they will respond with unspecified action if the full story on the health of ruling military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is not disclosed. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Major Chilean copper mines go on strike -- SANTIAGO- Workers at two mines owned by Chile's Codelco company, the world's biggest copper mining concern, went on strike Monday demanding higher pay and better work benefits. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Vale, union say won't restart Voisey's Bay talks -- * Strike began Aug. 1 TORONTO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Mediated talks between Brazilian miner Vale (VALE5.SA) and union leaders on Monday over a five-month strike at its Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Eastern Canada have failed to bring the two sides back to the bargaining table, meaning no end to the strike is in sight ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Jan 10 | Virgin Trains staff begin strike -- About 200 members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) are taking part in the 24-hour strike in protest at planned cutbacks. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Jan 10 | Loophole could delay start of union law -- Revised regulations governing labor unions that passed at the National Assembly¡¯s Committee for Environment and Labor at the last moment in December allow management and labor the ability to delay implementing a key point for two and a half years. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Jan 10 | Land Registry in Solidarity Strike with Water Workers -- (IsraelNN.com) Land Registry (Tabu) offices will be closed on Monday and Tabu employees won't take phone calls under sanctions taken by the Federation of State Workers in solidarity with striking Water Authority workers. On Sunday, income tax workers carried out the same sanctions for four hours. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Jan 10 | Finnish transport workers issue port strike warning -- Finnish ports could grind to a halt in mid-February because of a workers' strike, the transport workers' union AKT warned in a statement Monday following a breakdown in collective labour talks. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jan 10 | Romanian public workers strike over wage cuts -- Tens of thousands of Romanian public workers have gone on strike, protesting hefty wage cuts meant to reduce the country's budget deficit. ( Laborstart ) |
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