News Stories Tagged STRIKE
Greece heads for further general strike (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Greek tax and garbage collectors walked off their jobs for a second day Tuesday as the country braced for a second general strike against government austerity measures. Severe Storms, Tornadoes May Strike Midwest, Meteorologist Says (Bloomberg)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- More tornadoes and other damaging storms may strike the Midwest this spring because cooler temperatures are on course to clash with warmer air pushed into the central U.S. by El Nino, according to a meteorologist. Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lanka's detained opposition leader has ended a hunger strike after just one day after authorities allowed him to use a telephone again, a party official said Tuesday. University strike plan revealed (BBC News)
Staff at the University of Sussex announce plans to hold a one-day strike over proposed job cuts. BA strike action talks to resume (BBC News)
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended. S.Lanka's detained general 'ends hunger strike' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka ended a hunger strike after just one day when he was allowed to speak to his daughters, his party said Tuesday. BA Union Says Strike Even Bet; Lufthansa Truce Holds (Update2) (Bloomberg)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc ?s chances of avoiding a cabin-crew strike after the end of talks are no better than even, a union said, while Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilots pledged to carry on negotiating beyond a deadline. French union threatens new strike at Total (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
France's CGT union threatened Tuesday to restart a strike at oil giant Total's French refineries to protest the closing of a site in northwest France. Business leaders criticise strike (BBC News)
Business leaders criticise a decision by officials at the Welsh assembly not to go ahead with meetings due to strike action. School Bus Drivers Authorize Strike (NY1 News)
School bus drivers who transport city students voted Tuesday to authorize a strike, citing stalled negotiations over their health care benefits.
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