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Industrial action grounded dozens of flights at two major German airports on Monday as security workers and ground services employees in the capital, Berlin, and...
Three German airports empty as transport strikes begin
Airports in Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne Bonn were virtually empty on Thursday in the first of another round of strikes called by Germany’s Verdi trade...
Business leaders say struggling with litany of crises
Employers are expected to sound the alarm over labour unrest and uncertainty currently plaguing the economy when they meet on April 25 and will be...
France braced for a new round of protests and strikes after government, union talks fail
France braced for a new round of nationwide protests and strikes on Thursday after a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to...
Teachers in England reject pay offer, announce further strikes
Teachers in England have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer from the British government aimed at ending a series of disruptive strikes, their trade union said...
New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence
France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country’s worst street violence in years marred rallies over...
French pension protest blocks entry to Louvre museum
Trade union protesters angered by President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the French retirement age without a final vote in parliament blocked the Louvre museum...
Largest strike in decades leaves Germany at a standstill
Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions at the start of the working week...
In inflation-hit Germany, massive strike over pay to cripple transport
A massive strike in Germany was set to begin early Monday, crippling mass transport and airports in one of the biggest walkouts in decades as...
Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill
Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with a...