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- Strikes paralyse French ports
- MARSEILLE, France AFP — France's biggest port of Marseille ground to a halt on Wednesday as walkouts by port workers angry at privatisation plans sparked disruption across the country. Cargo traffic was paralysed in the Mediterranean port, although passenger ferries were allowed to move in and out freely, as...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- WORLD Tonight: Virgin deal
- STRIKES planned by Virgin Atlantic cabin crew have been called off after a pay deal was agreed. Thousands of members of the Unite union were due to stage two 48 hour walkouts from tomorrow and from January 16 after rejecting a two-year wage deal worth 4.8% in year one and...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- Late-nighters will look 'a little different'
- Viewers itching for a return to their late-night habit will see a different sort of show when Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are back at their desks Jan. 2. Producers said Monday that they hadn't booked guests or formulated plans for the talk shows, which are...
- Research articles 2007-12-18
- Hyundai Motor workers on strike against FTA
- SEOUL AFP — Workers at South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor launched a partial strike Thursday to join an industry-wide walkout in protest at a free trade agreement FTA with the United States. The four-hour strike crippled Hyundai's car production from 1:00 pm (0400 GMT). Unionised workers at its...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- Postal workers in Britain poised for strike
- LONDON AFP — Up to 130,000 British postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday. The nationwide walkout will come two days after Gordon Brown replaces Tony...
- Research articles 2007-06-21
- Bovis seeks more money for New York clean-up.
- Byline: Ben Wilmot Jan 07, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Bovis Lend Lease is seeking additional funds for the decontamination of a site near New York's World Trade Center. The demolition of the Deutsche Bank site has generated...
- Research articles 2007-01-07
- Flight attendants at Northwest offer to send e-mails to travellers detailing strike plans
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Flight attendants at Northwest Airlines (Other OTC: NWACQ.PK) have offered to send e-mail notices to travellers about strike plans. The flight attendants have threatened to launch random and unannounced strikes after 09.01 CDT on 25 August unless the airline agrees to negotiate...
- Research articles 2006-08-23
- Baltimore City Circuit Court employees stage a walkout to protest
- After filing grievances and requesting transfers en masse in June, employees of the Baltimore City Circuit Court's Jury Division staged a walkout for nearly an hour Tuesday to protest the policies of Jury Commissioner Nancy M. Dennis and her lead worker, Cheryl Reese. They were joined outside the...
- Research articles 2006-08-19
- Escondida miners eye month-long walkout
- SANTIAGO AFP — Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile have rejected an offer from owner BHP Billiton and anticipate a walkout that could last a month, they said. The workers late Monday refused to vote on a proposal from the Anglo-Australian resources giant BHP put forward...
- Research articles 2006-08-08
- British workers at US-owned Asda to strike over pay
- LONDON AFP — US retail giant Wal-Mart could soon face its first nationwide strike at its Asda supermarket subsidiary in Britain after workers voted in favor of industrial action in a row over pay. The trade union GMB said its members at 20 Asda distribution centres in Britain have...
- Research articles 2006-06-21
- Delphi issues can be resolved, GM chairman says
- DETROIT, United States AFP — General Motors chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner said he expects a deal to be hammered out soon to avoid a potentially crippling strike at Delphi, GM's bankrupt former parts division. Wagoner said he expects a deal to avert a walkout by the United...
- Research articles 2006-05-09
- Lebanon ministers walk out of cabinet meeting
- BEIRUT AFP — Ministers from Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority have walked out of a cabinet meeting in protest at the presence of pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud, in the latest political row paralyzing the country. The ministers headed out of Thursday's session after a verbal clash between anti-Syrian telecommunications minister...
- Research articles 2006-03-30
- Strike hits commuters, public services
- LONDON AFP — More than one million local government employees in Britain went on strike in a pensions dispute that closed schools and caused travel chaos in what unions called the biggest walkout in 80 years. Waving banners and chanting their grievances, council workers set up picket lines outside...
- Research articles 2006-03-28
- British commentators poke fun at Chirac's walkout
- LONDON AFP — British newspapers have poked fun at President Jacques Chirac for walking out of the European Union summit over a speech delivered in English by a fellow Frenchman. Several dailies used sprinklings of French to liven up their editorials but The Times went as far as to...
- Research articles 2006-03-24
- Wenger backs troubled Campbell
- LONDON AFP — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed his troubled Sol Campbell to make a quick return after his shock walkout during Wednesday's defeat against West Ham. Campbell stunned the Gunners by leaving their Highbury ground after being substituted in their 3-2 Premiership loss to London rivals West...
- Research articles 2006-02-02
- Quick deal called unlikely in walkout by mechanics
- MINNEAPOLIS AP -- A union spokesman for striking Northwest Airlines mechanics said Saturday he doubts a deal will be reached anytime soon to end the three-week walkout. "I think it would be a miracle for us to reach an agreement during this round of bargaining," said Steve MacFarlane,...
- Research articles 2005-09-11
- Relegation War
- Irish Voice 11-16-2004 A WAR of words has erupted between relegation candidates Shamrock Rovers and Dublin City after manager Roddy Collins quit the Vikings to take charge of the Hoops last Thursday. Temporary City boss Dermot Keely lashed Collins after his walkout....
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- Sudanese peace talks restart after rebel boycott as UN deadline expires
- ABUJA AFP ? Sudanese peace talks restarted here at the end of a one-day boycott called by rebel groups in protest at alleged government attacks on civilians, and as a UN deadline for action on the Darfur crisis expired. Sudanese government envoys and their rebel foes in the Darfur...
- Research articles 2004-08-29
- CLASS OF 2003: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?(court cases)(Brief Article)
- The Converse IPO never took place; instead the once-again popular Chuck Taylor's All-Stars moved in with Nike. ... The Finish Line battle with Foot Locker has moved from the retail floor to the courts, with Finish Line lobbing charges of corporate spying at its rival. ... ...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
- Sudan defiant after US walkout at UN, warns against politicising Darfur
- KHARTOUM AFP ? Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail vowed his government would not be "intimidated" after US diplomats staged a walkout at the United Nations in protest at Khartoum's reelection to the UN Commission on Human Rights UNCHR. "We will not be intimidated by force and will not be...
- Research articles 2004-05-05
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