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| May.21 |
France |
France braces for day of strikes Workers at the national rail company, SNCF, have begun strike action against President Sarkozy's plans to reform public-sector pensions
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| Apr.26 |
England |
BP readies pipeline closure Oil giant was completing the closure of a pipeline system responsible for delivering almost a 1/3 of Britain's North Sea oil production
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| Mar.19 |
Greece |
Riots in Athens as millions strike Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs during a nationwide general strike by millions protesting pension r...
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| Mar.5 |
Bavaria |
Strike hits scores of flights Airlines canceled more than 200 flights operating out of Frankfurt and Munich, Germany's two largest airports, because of a public workers' ...
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| Jan.7 |
Southern Italy |
Soldiers bulldoze Naples rubbish Map of Naples Italy| The Italian army has begun bulldozing the 100,000 tonnes of rubbish that has piled up in the streets of Naples | |
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| Nov.21 |
Paris |
Talks fail to end strike  | French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues | |
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Transport 'sabotage' hits France  Striking railway workers have carried out 'a coordinated campaign of sabotage' on the tracks of high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to cables
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| Nov.20 |
Paris |
Talks to begin over strike Transport unions, management and the government are to hold talks as strikes over plans to reform pensions enter an eighth day
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Paris |
Sarkozy defiant against strikers French President has vowed to maintain his controversial economic reforms despite a second week of crippling industrial action
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| Nov.19 |
France |
France braced for huge new strike| Millions of civil servants and students are being asked to join striking transport workers for a second week of industrial action | |
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| Nov.15 |
Germany |
Railroad strikes spread Train drivers launched a strike on the passenger network, following freight train drivers off the job
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| Nov.14 |
France |
Strike brings travel chaos  Transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against Sarkozy's pension reform
| Rail services were disrupted and energy production reduced. Thousands of commuters were forced to improvise
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| Nov.13 |
Paris |
Transport workers on strike It's a second major showdown with President Sarkozy over his plan to reform pension
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| Oct.17 |
Paris |
France wakes to transport strike A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves the country with almost no train, bus or metro services
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| May.16 |
European Union |
EU targeting illegal employment Under new proposals from the European Commission, businesses caught employing illegal immigrants face jail sentences
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| Apr.5 |
United Kingdom |
UK and US unions in merger talks Amicus is to discuss a possible merger with another union based in the US and Canada
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| Sep.29 |
Germany |
VW workers agree to work longer Volkswagen has struck a deal with unions to extend the working week of staff at 6 plants without an increase in pay
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| Jul.24 |
France |
Heat fears as medics strike Some private surgeons and specialists went on strike, sparking concerns that public hospitals could be overwhelmed
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| Apr.4 |
Paris |
Unions to discuss job law Trades union and student leaders are due to hold talks with the governing party to end the crisis
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France |
More than 1 million protest jobs law Protesters are hoping to kill a new law that will allow employers to more easily hire and fire young workers
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| Mar.24 |
Paris |
Labour law talks deadlock Talks between the prime minister and union leaders have ended, with the government refusing to scrap the law
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| Mar.23 |
Rome |
Workers take to the streets The centre of Rome has been brought to a standstill by an anti-terror demonstration organised by biggest trade union
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