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France battles transport disruption amid taxi and aviation strikes

Police and fire-fighters in Paris had to intervene on Tuesday morning after striking taxi drivers threw tyres across a busy ring-road and set them on

France

France travel chaos, as aviation and taxi workers strike

Travel across France got off to a chaotic start on Tuesday, with taxi drivers and air traffic controllers both on strike from early morning. In

World News

Junior doctors in England strike over government reforms

Thousands of junior doctors across England have staged their first strike in 40 years over government plans to reform pay and working conditions

Belgium

Walloon rail strike halts trains in Belgium and beyond

Rail workers in Brussels and southern Belgium are carrying out a 48-hour strike which disrupting connections as far away as London and Paris. Both

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Strike action to cause major rail disruption in Brussels and connections

A strike on Belgium’s railways is set to disrupt both national and international rail travel for two whole days. French speaking unions have called

Greece

Greek 24-hour general strike as protesters demonstrate against austerity measures

Workers in Greece have responded to austerity measures and taken to the streets of Athens. Three separate rallies led to the centre of the city being

Greece

Street clashes in Athens as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces general strike

On the streets of Athens the crack of tear gas being fired echoed in the city. The clashes erupted between police and anti-austerity protesters many

Haiti

Public transport strike brings Haiti to a halt

Main roads in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince were virtually empty on Monday (November 9)as a two-day public transport strike got underway against

Germany

Strike grounds 100,000 passengers as Lufthansa cancels 900 flights

Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa has been forced to cancel nearly a thousand flights on Monday because of a strike by cabin crew. Some 113,000

Germany

Lufthansa cancels 290 flights, 37,500 passengers affected

German airline Lufthansa cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday after cabin crew union UFO announced a walkout on flights from Frankfurt and

World News

Lufthansa warn of week long strike from Friday over pension rights

Lufthansa cabin crew are to call a week.long strike from Friday if management don’t meet a fresh set of demands from its union on retirement and

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New Delhi: Chemists protest against online sale of drugs

Economy

Air France meets pilots for first time since violent protest

Air France management has met leaders from two pilots’ unions for the first time since protests against its restructuring plan turned violent earlier

France

Paris refuse collection strike ends after four days

The big clean up of Paris streets is set to begin. The four-day strike by municipal refuse collectors has ended. The walk-out was by members of the

France

Rubbish lines streets in Paris as refuse collectors strike enters fourth day

Rubbish is piled high on streets in Paris as negotiations to end a four-day strike by refuse collectors in the French capital is deadlocked. The

France

France vs The Boss

French workers have a history of making heads roll from the boardroom.

France

France tries to repair its image abroad after violent Air France confrontation

The French President says scenes of Air France workers attacking managers at Charles de Gaulle airport are unacceptable. Francois Hollande fears the

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Angry employees of Air France attack directors of the company

Poland

Polish miners stage strike over fears of pit closures

Polish coal miners have gone on strike over fears the owners of the EU’s largest mining company are running out of cash. Kompania Weglowa has 40,000

Economy

Air France bosses' shirts ripped off over jobs loss plan

Confirmation by Air France that it plans to cut 2,900 jobs prompted a violent reaction from part of the workforce. A meeting of the works council