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Nationwide day of protest in France against controversial labour reforms

A nationwide day of protest in France is causing transport disruptions, with thousands of workers out on the streets

France

Why are French workers striking and what does it mean?

France has been hit by widespread disruption caused by two separate strikes which have cut transport services and brought protesting workers onto the

France

Black Wednesday in France as nationwide protests are planned against labour reforms

France is bracing itself for nationwide protests and some stoppages against a government proposed labour reform bill. Unions across the board are up

Egypt

Egyptian president promises to crack down on police abuses

The president of Egypt has promised to crack down on police brutality Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has decided to act as public anger mounts over alleged

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World News

DRC capital brought to standstill in one-day general strike

A one-day strike brought the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo to a standstill on Tuesday (February 16). It aims to force President Joseph

World News

Pension reform protests across Greece as thousands take to the streets

Clashes between police and protesters have broken out in Athens as tens of thousands took part in a general strike to protest against an overhaul of

Portugal

Public sector workers put Portugal's leftist coalition under pressure

Portugal’s new Socialist-led coalition government is facing its first test; a strike by around half of the country’s 600,000 civil servants. Courts

France

France battles transport disruption amid taxi and aviation strikes

Police and fire-fighters in Paris had to intervene on Tuesday morning after striking taxi drivers threw tyres across a busy ring-road and set them on

France

France travel chaos, as aviation and taxi workers strike

Travel across France got off to a chaotic start on Tuesday, with taxi drivers and air traffic controllers both on strike from early morning. In

World News

Junior doctors in England strike over government reforms

Thousands of junior doctors across England have staged their first strike in 40 years over government plans to reform pay and working conditions

Belgium

Walloon rail strike halts trains in Belgium and beyond

Rail workers in Brussels and southern Belgium are carrying out a 48-hour strike which disrupting connections as far away as London and Paris. Both

World News

Strike action to cause major rail disruption in Brussels and connections

A strike on Belgium’s railways is set to disrupt both national and international rail travel for two whole days. French speaking unions have called

Greece

Greek 24-hour general strike as protesters demonstrate against austerity measures

Workers in Greece have responded to austerity measures and taken to the streets of Athens. Three separate rallies led to the centre of the city being

Greece

Street clashes in Athens as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces general strike

On the streets of Athens the crack of tear gas being fired echoed in the city. The clashes erupted between police and anti-austerity protesters many

Haiti

Public transport strike brings Haiti to a halt

Main roads in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince were virtually empty on Monday (November 9)as a two-day public transport strike got underway against

Germany

Strike grounds 100,000 passengers as Lufthansa cancels 900 flights

Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa has been forced to cancel nearly a thousand flights on Monday because of a strike by cabin crew. Some 113,000

Germany

Lufthansa cancels 290 flights, 37,500 passengers affected

German airline Lufthansa cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday after cabin crew union UFO announced a walkout on flights from Frankfurt and

World News

Lufthansa warn of week long strike from Friday over pension rights

Lufthansa cabin crew are to call a week.long strike from Friday if management don’t meet a fresh set of demands from its union on retirement and

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Economy

Air France meets pilots for first time since violent protest

Air France management has met leaders from two pilots’ unions for the first time since protests against its restructuring plan turned violent earlier