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Serbia’s prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow
Serbia’s prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow
Serbia’s populist prime minister, Milos Vucevic, has said he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station last November.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2025

Trains cancelled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strike
Trains cancelled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strike
Trains were cancelled across Bangladesh on Tuesday as railway staff went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and freight transport.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2025

Serbian farmers join striking university students’ traffic blockade in Belgrade
Serbian farmers join striking university students’ traffic blockade in Belgrade
Serbia’s striking university students launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, on Monday, stepping up pressure on the authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2025

Driver rams anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital and injures one protester
Driver rams anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital and injures one protester
A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital and injured one of them, police said.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

University students lead strike in Serbia as President plans counter-protest
University students lead strike in Serbia as President plans counter-protest
Daily traffic blockades took place in various cities and towns in the Balkan nation, held to commemorate the victims of a deadly canopy collapse which killed 15 people in November

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

Thousands of workers stage protests across Italy in general strike
Thousands of workers stage protests across Italy in general strike
Thousands of teachers, healthcare workers, rubbish collectors and others have walked off their jobs across Italy to protest against a decline in spending power, persistently low salaries and government policies they say have weakened public services.

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

Greece hit by general strike amid protest over high cost of living
Greece hit by general strike amid protest over high cost of living
Thousands of workers have marched through the Greek capital Athens as part of a 24-hour general strike called by unions in protest over the rising cost of living.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Greek workers hold general strike over high cost of living
Greek workers hold general strike over high cost of living
Greek public and private sector workers have walked out in a 24-hour general strike that is disrupting services across the country.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Boeing agrees deal with union members to end strike action 
Boeing agrees deal with union members to end strike action 
End of lengthy labour dispute will come as a relief to airlines around the world, including Ryanair, whose orders have been delayed

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Union calls off strike that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport
Union calls off strike that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport
A union has called off a strike that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport following talks with the government.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2024

Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against Adani deal
Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against Adani deal
Hundreds of workers at Kenya’s main international airport have demonstrated against a planned deal between the government and a foreign investor.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2024

Government workers strike over Nigeria’s soaring inflation and economic woes
Government workers strike over Nigeria’s soaring inflation and economic woes
Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers began a new nationwide strike on Tuesday that threatened to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain.

Tue, 27 Feb, 2024

Lufthansa ground staff to stage strike at seven German airports
Lufthansa ground staff to stage strike at seven German airports
A union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to strike at seven airports on Tuesday following a similar walkout earlier this month. The Ver.

Sun, 18 Feb, 2024

Germany’s Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as ground staff strike
Germany’s Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as ground staff strike
Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The Ver.

Wed, 07 Feb, 2024

Buses, trams and trains cancelled as German transport workers go on strike
Buses, trams and trains cancelled as German transport workers go on strike
Local buses, trams and subway trains were cancelled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks. The Ver.

Fri, 02 Feb, 2024

Strike by security staff at major German airports cancels hundreds of flights
Strike by security staff at major German airports cancels hundreds of flights
Security workers at most of Germany’s major airports walked out on Thursday in a one-day strike to step up pressure in a pay dispute, prompting widespread flight cancellations. The ver.

Thu, 01 Feb, 2024

Argentinian unions hold general strike in protest at Milei’s economic reforms
Argentinian unions hold general strike in protest at Milei’s economic reforms
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has faced a one-day general strike in protest against his decree targeting unions and his proposals for economic reforms.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

German train drivers begin six-day strike
German train drivers begin six-day strike
Germany’s train drivers have brought rail traffic to a standstill as they began a six-day strike amid a dispute with the country’s main railway operator over working hours and pay.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

Industrial strike
Northern Ireland public transport workers plan four more days of strike action
The Northern Ireland parties have said the Northern Ireland Secretary should divorce the issue of public sector pay from the wider financial offer and settle the workers’ claims immediately.

Tue, 23 Jan, 2024

German train drivers’ union calls six-day strike over pay and working hours
German train drivers’ union calls six-day strike over pay and working hours
A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has called for another strike to press its demands for better pay and working hours in a bitter dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator.

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024

Israeli air strike on the Syrian capital ‘kills Iranian military advisers’
Israeli air strike on the Syrian capital ‘kills Iranian military advisers’
An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital has destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least four Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

Industrial strike
Biggest strike in NI’s recent history under way as tens of thousands walk out
An estimated 150,000 public sector workers are taking part in the walkouts over pay

Thu, 18 Jan, 2024

Stormont Assembly
Chris Heaton-Harris accused of ‘failing Northern Ireland’ on eve of strike
Chris Heaton-Harris has been accused of “failing the people of Northern Ireland” on the eve of what is expected to be the largest strike in the region in recent history.

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

Airstrike kills 12, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe zone by Israel
Airstrike kills 12, mostly children, in Gaza area declared safe zone by Israel
An Israeli airstrike flattened a home on Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone, as Israeli troops continued their assault in the nearby city of Khan Younis.

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

Industrial strike
Hundreds of young people unable to attend school amid NI public transport strike
There is widespread disruption across Northern Ireland with all bus and train services suspended during the latest round of strike action, including school bus services

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023

Buses attacked in Belfast
Three more days of public transport worker strikes in Northern Ireland planned
A strike last Friday saw bus and rail services halted across the region, making a significant impact in the run up to Christmas

Wed, 06 Dec, 2023

General Motors reaches deal with union that could end strike
General Motors reaches deal with union that could end strike
General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit carmaker, a person briefed on the deal said.

Mon, 30 Oct, 2023

Detroit autoworkers reach deal with Ford in breakthrough towards ending strikes
Detroit autoworkers reach deal with Ford in breakthrough towards ending strikes
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly six-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers.

Thu, 26 Oct, 2023

Women in Iceland including PM go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence
Women in Iceland including PM go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence
Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women including the prime minister went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2023

Because our independence matters to us
Ministers urged to 'show respect' and intervene over Section 39 workers' pay protest
'Disgrace and shame' that 5,000 community and voluntary-sector agency health workers are forced to take strike action

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

US healthcare workers go on strike over wages and staff shortages
US healthcare workers go on strike over wages and staff shortages
Picketing is under way at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages.

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

'People are going to lie in their beds and starve to death' during carer strikes, warns campaigner
'People are going to lie in their beds and starve to death' during carer strikes, warns campaigner
Health and community workers to go on strike of indefinite duration from October 17 asking for restoration of pay equality with their HSE peers

Thu, 28 Sep, 2023

Workers begin historic strike at US car manufacturers
Workers begin historic strike at US car manufacturers
Around 13,000 staff at three of the United States’ biggest car manufacturers have gone on strike over pay.

Fri, 15 Sep, 2023

Q&A: What's going on with the French air traffic control strikes?
Q&A: What's going on with the French air traffic control strikes?
Unlike other countries, the French do not allow overflights in their air space to be handled by adjoining countries, which means flights to Spain and Italy from Ireland and northern European countries are affected

Tue, 06 Jun, 2023

Strike over pay paralyses rail and air travel in Germany
Strike over pay paralyses rail and air travel in Germany
Trains, planes and public transit systems are at a standstill across much of Germany after unions called a one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Clashes hit Athens as general strike staged in protest over rail disaster
Clashes hit Athens as general strike staged in protest over rail disaster
Clashes have broken out in Athens during a general strike called across Greece in response to a rail disaster last month. Protesters hurled petrol bombs at a police cordon near parliament.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2023

Greek unions launch general strike over rail disaster
Greek unions launch general strike over rail disaster
A general strike in Greece called in response to a rail disaster last month has grounded flights and extensively disrupted services as large protests were held in cities across the country.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2023

Piles of rubbish tarnish Paris lustre as pension strike continues
Piles of rubbish tarnish Paris lustre as pension strike continues
The City of Light is losing its lustre with tons of rubbish piling up on Paris pavements as sanitation workers went on strike for a ninth day.

Tue, 14 Mar, 2023

'Services will be brought to halt' if hundreds of health and care staff strike 
'Services will be brought to halt' if hundreds of health and care staff strike 
Ireland’s largest public sector trade union said the action will likely involve hundreds of staff, as it slammed a 'foot-dragging' approach by Government on pay and conditions inequality

Thu, 26 Jan, 2023

New Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Entrance At Public Days, High Resolution Hasselblad shot. Name of the airport in letters readable
Berlin Airport cancels all flights amid ground staff strike
Berlin Airport has cancelled all its flights for Wednesday as ground staff go on strike to demand higher pay. The walk-out has affected about 300 flights to and from the German capital.

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

South Korea Truckers Strike
South Korean truckers end 16-day strike over freight rates
Thousands of South Korean truckers are returning to work after voting to end a 16-day walkout that disrupted construction and other domestic industries.

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

South Korea Truckers Strike
South Korea increases back-to-work orders on thousands of striking truckers
South Korea’s government has expanded its back-to-work orders against thousands of truck drivers who are staging a nationwide walkout over freight fare issues, saying a prolonged strike could inflict “deep scars” on the country’s economy.

Thu, 08 Dec, 2022

South Korea Truckers Strike
South Korea disruption eases despite extension of truckers’ strike
The conservative government of President Yoon Suk Yeol has taken aggressive steps to defuse the impact of the strike, issuing contentious back-to-work orders to more than 2,000 drivers of cement trucks.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022

Greece Strike
Strikes over cost of living disrupt trains and flights in Greece and Belgium
Workers have walked off the job in Greece and Belgium during nationwide strikes against increasing consumer prices, disrupting transportation, forcing flight cancellations and shutting down public services in the latest European protests over the ...

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

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