Airbus unions call strike as new A380 setback hits shares

Airbus unions in Europe today ordered a strike to protest against planned job cuts, including 1,600 in the UK, as shares of parent company EADS tumbled on the announcement that work on the A380’s slow-selling freighter version had halted

Five main French Airbus unions called on staff at the European aircraft maker’s sites across France to stop work in protest at 10,000 planned job cuts and the sale or closure of six plants, announced by Airbus this week.