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More transport chaos in France in standoff over labour reforms

Unions target transport for more strikes TGV and regional trains to be hit from Tuesday night Air France pilots hold their own strike Just as the spectre of dry petrol stations and blockaded oil

30/05/2016

World

Martinez takes France's CGT union into battle against the government

Another day of intense strike action has hit France, the ninth in the current series of confrontations with the government over new labour…

30/05/2016

France

France: Nuclear strike raises stakes in showdown over labour reforms

With pumps at more than 4,000 petrol stations in France now partially or fully dry, the showdown between the government and the hardline CGT union over contested labour reforms intensified on…

26/05/2016

France

French nuclear workers vote to join strike against labour laws

Staff at France’s 19 nuclear plants have voted to go on strike on Thursday amid escalating protests against labour reforms.

25/05/2016

France

Protests over French labour reforms spread to more cities

Protests in Paris against against proposed labour reforms have spread to other French cities, including Marseille, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and

08/04/2016

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

06/01/2016

Belgium

Anti-austerity protesters battle police in Brussels

Police and anti-austerity protesters have engaged in running battles in the Belgian capital Brussels. Tens of thousands took to the streets as part

07/10/2015

France

Air France violence a 'national embarrassment'

France’s political leaders say violence by workers of the country’s flag carrier Air France is a national embarrassment that reinforces the very

06/10/2015

World News

EU charming CELAC states for trade and investment stakes

The first EU-CELAC Summit — the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States — was held in January 2013, in Santiago

10/06/2015

Brazil

Brazil: Clashes break out at protest against new labour law

Police have used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators in the Brazilian capital. Thousands had gathered in Brasilia to voice their

08/04/2015

World News

Unions accuse McDonald's of big tax takeaway

25/02/2015

Italy

Italy grinds to a halt as unions unite in opposition to Renzi's reforms

Police clashed with protesters dressed as Santa Claus in Milan as Italian workers staged a general strike. It is the first ever national strike by

12/12/2014

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Russian trade union revival

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