| 26 Feb 10 | French air strike grinds on -- Striking French air traffic controllers disrupted flights again on the third day of action that looks set to extend into the weekend. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Feb 10 | Locked out airport workers reach agreement -- A large group of food service workers locked out by their employer at Vancouver's airport is headed back to work after reaching a tentative agreement. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Feb 10 | Carrefour Belgium workers to strike on Saturday -- BRUSSELS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Workers at all of supermarket chain Carrefour's (CARR.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) Belgian stores will strike on Saturday, protesting against job cuts and shop closures the French retail group announced this week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Feb 10 | U.S. unemployment up -- New claims for US jobless benefits jumped to a three-month high, the U.S. government said Thursday in a report underscoring ongoing struggles for the labor market and the economic recovery. ( The Nation ) |
| 25 Feb 10 | Bosch workers protest to defend jobs -- EUROPE: More than 1,000 Bosch workers in seven countries at 30 production sites participated in a European action day on February 22, 2010 to defend their jobs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Feb 10 | fist fight erupts in Parliament over workers’ strike -- CAIRO: An ongoing workers’ strike and sit-in currently taking place in front of the house of Parliament in Cairo has left lawmakers frustrated and divided over how to deal with the workers from the Tanta Flax Company an hour north of the capital. On Monday, the frustration between members of Parliament who support the workers and government MPs ended in a fist fight, local newspapers reported. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Feb 10 | Algerian teachers vow more strikes -- Unions representing Algeria's teachers on Sunday (February 21st) rejected a proposed pay increase and called for a general strike, prompting student and parent fears that the school year will be lost entirely. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Feb 10 | Clashes in Greece strike against austerity plan -- Police in Greece have clashed with protesters striking over austerity measures designed to save the economy. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Peru's Buenaventura miners to strike again -- LIMA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Workers at mines owned by Peru's largest precious metals miner, Buenaventura (BUEv.LM) (BVN.N), said on Tuesday they plan to resume their strike starting on March 4. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Spanish workers protest over government spending cuts -- Thousands of workers have protested in Spain's major cities against government spending cuts and plans to raise the retirement age by two years to 67. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Protesters blockade Athens stock exchange -- Militant trade unionists blockaded the entrance to the Athens stock exchange today as millions of striking Greek workers prepared to pour on to the streets to protest against austerity measures aimed at ending a debt crisis that has sent tremors through the eurozone. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 10 | Oman Move to Allow Labour Unions Praised -- MUSCAT — The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and other international bodies have hailed the steps taken by Oman to allow labour unions in the country. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 10 | Lufthansa pilots' strike grounds thousands of flights -- Thousands of flights have been cancelled at Germany's main airports on the first day of a four-day strike by Lufthansa pilots. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 10 | Justice for Workers in Burma: 3,600 Workers Protest for Worker Rights -- 56 organisations/groups have sent a letter to the ASEAN and Heads of Government of ASEAN countries, calling them to pay attention to the struggle of factory workers in Burma. ( Prachatai ) |
| 22 Feb 10 | Hotel workers agree to wage freeze extension -- Hotel workers across the Island agreed to extend a wage freeze established a year ago, until June. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Feb 10 | ITUC in Talks with Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian and Israeli Affiliates -- Brussels, 19 February 2010: (ITUC OnLine): In a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on 16 February, ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder discussed the deep economic problems confronting Palestinians, and the government’s plans to tackle a series of labour issues including vocational training, employment services, occupational health and safety and labour inspection. Shaher Sae’d, general secretary of the ITUC’s Palestinian affiliate PGFTU, took part in the discussions, which also included meetings with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Labour Minister Ahmed Majdalani. Ryder stressed the importance of the PGFTU’s role as an independent trade union centre, and welcomed indications that the Palestinian Authority would establish an economic and social council to institutionalise social dialogue. The talks also focused on possibilities to revive the peace process with Israel. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Feb 10 | French oil strike spreads -- French drivers rushed to fill their tanks Sunday after striking workers at oil giant Total raised the threat of petrol shortages as families hit the road for the mid-term school holidays. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | BA teachers' unions reject salary proposal, meeting with gov't next week -- The negotiations between the Buenos Aires government and the teachers' unions from that province will continue next week, after the principal union rejected the official proposal for an increase in salaries identical to the one accepted on a national level, according to SUTEBA head Roberto Baradel. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | Striking Algerian doctors take to streets -- Algerian doctors in the public sector are holding public protests to mark their third month of strikes and force more productive salary negotiations with the government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | Strike sparking multimedia creativity -- Financial hardship and frustration may be some of the results of the seven-month-long Steelworkers Local 6500 strike against Vale Inco, but the labour dispute has also given rise to a plethora of multimedia projects ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | Obama and the State of Democrats -- For months it has been obvious: President Barack Obama and his advisors don’t get it— in the language they use and the policies they pursue. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | Union-to-Union Relief Effort Supports Haitian Workers -- Since the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the Solidarity Center has acted quickly to send needed supplies and support to its Haitian partners through a union-to-union effort that provides short-term emergency aid and builds toward long-term reconstruction and strengthening of Haiti’s labor movement. ( www.solidaritycenter.org ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | Workers strike over measures -- As European Commission officials stressed that additional austerity measures might be necessary to get Greece’s tottering economy back on track, customs officials and Finance Ministry employees staged walkouts to protest cuts to their supplementary income payments. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | French refinery workers stage sympathy strikes -- Workers at all six of France's Total oil refineries kicked off a two-day strike on Wednesday in support of 370 colleagues who face redundancy at a Dunkirk plant bosses have earmarked for closure. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | Unions Call for Action on Iranian Workers at UN Human Rights Review -- IUF staff joined demonstrators from international unions and human rights groups including Amnesty International outside the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on February 15 to demand that the situation of Iranian workers and their persecuted trade union leaders be placed on the agenda of the 7th session of the UN rotational review of human rights. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 10 | FedEx workers join the Teamsters Union! -- Thanks to the relentless efforts of its organizers, the Teamsters Union announces that it now represents FedEx’s administrative workers in Mississauga, Ontario. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 10 | Rail strike follows Belgian crash -- Train workers in southern Belgium have gone on strike a day after 18 people were killed in a crash between two commuter trains. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 10 | VW, labour extend jobs pact for German plants: Union -- German engineering sector union IG Metall has agreed with Volkswagen to extend job guarantees at the carmaker's western German plants by three years until 2014, the union said on Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Feb 10 | FT in strike threat over plan to move staff to China -- The FT has proposed that four journalists working on FT Chinese move to China and work for reduced salaries. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Feb 10 | Half-day strike planned at U of M -- Lecturers at the University of Montreal plan to stage a half-day strike on Monday, but the institution will remain open to students and most activities will go ahead as scheduled. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Feb 10 | IBA announces more layoffs, programming cuts -- The Israel Broadcasting Authority yesterday announced a string of cuts, including the removal of several programs and pushing up the end of broadcasting to 11:00 P.M., beginning this Sunday. The move joins previously announced cuts and layoffs made over the last few days. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Feb 10 | Rules Tighten on Foreign Farm Workers -- U.S. farmers will find it harder to get visas for foreign workers under a new Labor Department rule issued Thursday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Feb 10 | Booklet on the Rights of Workers Released -- ABU DHABI — A multilingual booklet ‘The Worker: Rights and Duties’ was released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Feb 10 | Alcoa Says West Australian Workers Plan More Industrial Action -- Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum maker, said the Australian Workers Union has notified the company that some industrial action is planned for Feb. 12, 16, 17 and 21. “Alcoa has plans in place to minimize any impact on the business, and is committed to negotiating in good faith to achieve the best outcome for both parties,” it said in a statement on its Australian Web-site. A planned two-hour strike at Alcoa’s mines and refineries in Western Australia is expected to proceed today, Michaela Southby, a spokeswoman for the New York-based company, said today in a phone interview. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 10 | alarming increase in anti-union violence -- Brussels, 10 February 2010: The ITUC, its regional organisation the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) and its Guatemalan affiliates CGTG, CUSG and UNSITRAGUA, grouped within the Guatemalan Labour, Indigenous and Campesino Movement, are seriously concerned at the alarming increase in anti-union violence seen in Guatemala since the year 2007. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 10 | Vale Inco ‘slashing and burning’ labour relations - Leo Gerard -- The strike caused by Vale Inco’s refusal to negotiate for the last seven months regardless of the Steelworkers’ modest proposals, and their insistence on the imposition of their sub-standard global labour practices, will be remembered as an assault on Canadian workers, Canadian values and Canadian labour standards. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 10 | Greece hit by strike as EU ministers discuss debt crisis -- A strike by civil servants against government cuts brought Greece to a halt Wednesday as European Union ministers held talks on the debt crisis threatening a growing number of euro countries. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 10 Feb 10 | German labor unions extend walk-outs -- German trade unions representing public sector employees expanded their strike action on Tuesday as workers demanding higher pay walked off their jobs in Bavaria. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 10 | Ten priorities for the BWI in 2010! -- After a debrief meeting about congress to enhance performance, the BWI workshop including headquarters and regional staff looked at ten priorities for 2010. Among the priorities, Multinationals (MNCs), Organising IFIs projects and other public works, Migration, Wood and Forestry, Sports campaign, Green construction, Women and youth, Communication, Building global and regional capacity, and Financial sustainability. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 10 | Four Iran Sugar Union Leaders Free but President Nejati Still in Prison and Facing Additional Sentence -- While 4 convicted leaders of the independent Haft Tapeh sugarworkers union in Iran have now been freed, President Ali Nejati remains in prison, where he could spend two years or more on charges of 'endangering national security'. Union Communications Officer Reza Rakhshan is stiill awaiting final sentencing for his conviction last year on similar charges. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Feb 10 | Union: 3000 jobs will go with cuts from cou cil budgets -- MORE than 3000 jobs will be axed and £300million cut from council budgets, a union warned yesterday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Feb 10 | Deduction in workers’ wages causes strike -- After two weeks of warning, civil servants in Nasarawa State last week embarked on a warning strike, as controversy trails a five per cent deduction in their monthly salaries by the state government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Feb 10 | Unions push for increase to minimum wage -- Trade unions are gearing up for another battle on behalf of Australia's 1.3 million low-paid workers by campaigning for a catch-up increase to the federal minimum wage. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 10 | Workers Embark on Strike over 10% Tax Increase -- Following the decision of the Nasarawa State Government to increase tax deduction of workers’ salary from 5 to 10 per cent has forced the workers to state down thereby grounding activities in the state. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 10 | Public workers strike across Germany -- Public workers’ union Verdi called temporary strikes across Germany on Wednesday, cutting service to transportation networks, waste disposal, hospitals, child care centres and municipal administrative offices. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 10 | Union defends trainee nurses -- STUDENT nurses should not do more than what they have been trained for, said Kuini Lutua, general secretary for the Fiji Nursing Association. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Feb 10 | Port Workers Walk Off Job -- Stevedores began a 24-hour strike on Tuesday morning at harbours in Helsinki, Hanko, Turku, Uusikaupunki, Naantali, Kotka and Kokkola. The walkout is not expected to affect passenger travel. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Feb 10 | Miners strike at Barapukuria -- Dinajpur, Feb 2 (bdnews24.com)—Over 1,000 miners at Barapukuria coal mine in Dinajpur went on strike Tuesday to press home their demand for increased bonuses. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Feb 10 | Poll: Public Supports Stimulus Provisions -- As Congress considers new jobs legislation, a new poll shows a large majority of the public supports the basic provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Feb 10 | Making globalisation pay -- For beer lovers, Belgium is the nearest place to heaven on earth. The country's 125 or so breweries produce an estimated 800 standard beers, each of which is served in its own distinctive glass. ( Laborstart ) |
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