Australian port workers will be the latest group to hold nationwide strikes over wage disputes which may affect Christmas deliveries, following previous truck driver and parcel delivery worker strikes. Container terminal operator Patrick Terminals and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have been holding extensive negotiations over wages since Feb. 2020. However, discussions boiled over…
Australian Port Workers Hold Extensive Union-Backed Strikes Across October Over Pay Dispute
Thousands of Australian Delivery Workers Strike Across the Country for Job Security
Thousands of delivery workers at Australian courier company StarTrack have walked off the job for 24 hours from midnight Sept. 23 after negotiations over job security and pay broke down. Around 2,000 StarTrack employees are striking across the country after the Fair Work Commission approved the industrial action while rejecting StarTrack’s claim that it would…
German Train Drivers on 2nd 2-Day Strike This Month
BERLIN—Many train drivers with Germany’s national railway walked off the job on Monday as their union embarked on its second two-day strike this month in a bitter dispute with the company. The GDL union called on passenger train drivers to strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers already started their…
German Train Drivers’ Union Calls New 2-day Strike
BERLIN, Germany—A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new two-day strike starting Monday, the second round of walkouts in a bitter dispute with the company. Claus Weselsky, the head of the GDL union, said drivers of passenger trains will strike from 2 a.m. Monday to…
London Commuters Warned of Transport Misery If Strike Goes Ahead
LONDON—London’s transport operator warned customers on Thursday that strike action next week may go ahead causing disruption across the underground network. The walkout is planned between Aug. 24 and Aug. 27 and would mean a significantly reduced service on all lines for most of the week, and that journeys may need to be completed early,…
Germany’s Railway Workers to Go on Nationwide 2-day Strike
BERLIN—German railway workers are going a nationwide strike starting Tuesday night, the head of the GDL union said after announcing that 95 percent of its members had voted to back the move. Travelers were warned to expect disruptions. The head of the GDL union, Claus Weselsky, told reporters the strike would start with all cargo…
2 Rockets From Lebanon Strike Israel, Drawing Israeli Retaliation
JERUSALEM—Two rockets launched from Lebanon on Wednesday struck Israel, which responded with several rounds of artillery fire amid heightened regional tensions over an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker in the Gulf last week. Israel’s Magen David Adom national ambulance service said there were no casualties on the Israeli side of the hilly frontier,…
Quebec Pork Industry Says Thousands of Pigs Risk Being Euthanized If Strike Continues
MONTREAL—Quebec pork producers are asking the province to end a labour strike at a major slaughterhouse because thousands of pigs risk being euthanized. The producers want Labour Minister Jean Boulet to force both sides to negotiate at the Olymel plant in Vallée−Jonction, Que., south of Quebec City. David Duval, head of pork−producing group Les Éleveurs…
Uber and Lyft Drivers Are on Strike Today. What Riders Need to Know
By Jessica Roy From Los Angeles Times Rides through Uber and Lyft that are already hard to secure these days—and sometimes eye-poppingly expensive—because many drivers stopped working in the pandemic may become even more difficult to reserve Wednesday, when some drivers will be on strike. An organization that represents rideshare drivers has called for the…
Portugal Flights Disrupted in Second Day of Airports Strike
LISBON, Portugal—A strike by airport baggage handlers and ground crews in Portugal was expected to cause a second day of disruption Sunday, with most flights into and out of Lisbon canceled. The 48-hour walkout forced the cancellation of around 300 flights on Saturday, mostly in Lisbon. Long lines formed as stranded passengers sought to rearrange…
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