I disagree with the recommendation in "Holiday pay: Does a bus strike justify absence?" (PE, July 1999, p 16) to pay people for not showing up because of a bus strike. The point that alternative means of transport were available is absolutely compelling. ...
The BBC faces a fresh round of strikes over pay and job cuts after senior managers received hefty salary increases last week. Unions decided to ballot their members on strike action at a meeting yesterday. Executives have been awarded a 30 per cent pay rise over the past two years,...
The BBC faces a fresh round of strikes over pay and job cuts after senior managers received hefty salary increases last week. BBC unions decided to ballot their members on strike action at a meeting yesterday. They are incensed that executives have been awarded a 30 per cent pay increase...
Ford workers lifted the threat of strike action yesterday when they rejected industrial action over pay. Members of the two largest unions among the car company's 22,000-strong workforce voted against a walk-out over a two-year pay offer worth 9.25 per cent. Transport and General Workers' Union members voted...
FORD chiefs meet union leaders tomorrow in a last-ditch bid to avert the first-ever strike by 3,000 white collar staff. If the talks collapse, strike action by key computer staff will follow within 24 hours, hitting all 20 Ford UK plants. The strike threat...
SIR RICHARD Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline faces strike action after 95 per cent of its pilots rejected a pay offer. Sir Richard, anxious to avoid cancellations by passengers seeking to avoid industrial action, intervened personally but failed to persuade flight crew to accept a 5 per cent...
The United Auto Workers UAW strike against General Motors GM in late September was the first nationwide strike by the union in more than 30 years, and it only lasted a couple of days. In the end, the strike may have actually helped GM by reducing inventory and the company's...
A strike by 32,000 workers at Boeing looks likely to be protracted, raising fears of a repeat of a 48-day strike in 1989. The union rejected the aircraft maker's pay offer and accused it ... A strike by 32,000 workers at Boeing looks likely to be protracted,...
LONDON AFP — US retail giant Wal-Mart could soon face its first nationwide strike at its Asda supermarket subsidiary in Britain after workers voted in favor of industrial action in a row over pay. The trade union GMB said its members at 20 Asda distribution centres in Britain have...
WARSAW AFP — Polish doctors who have been on strike for more than two weeks have beefed up their protest, their union announced Wednesday, as the government continued to reject their pay demands. Emergency services alone were being covered in 230 of Poland's 608 hospitals, Krzysztof Bukiel, head of...
JOHANNESBURG AFP — A strike by thousands of miners employed in South Africa by the world's biggest diamond producer De Beers was called off on Tuesday after they accepted a new management pay offer, both sides said. In a statement, the company said that the National Union of Mineworkers...
CHICAGO AFP — Northwest Airlines avoided a possibly crippling strike when it reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union. The pilots had authorized a strike on Tuesday after the Minnesota-based airline asked a bankruptcy judge to reject the union's contract. Friday's agreement, which must be ratified by...
JOHANNESBURG AFP — South Africa's workers in the petroleum sector ended their week-long crippling strike early Tuesday after they signed an 8.5 percent pay rise deal with their employers, their union spokesman said. "We have called off the strike. We signed an agreement for an 8.5 percent pay rise...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The pilots of Delta Air Lines have reconfirmed their strike warning. Lee Moak, the chairman of the union's executive committee at Delta, said that the pilots will strike if the airline imposes pay cuts. Moak also reportedly urged both parties to reach...
By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 16--United Airlines' flight attendants union said it will begin preparing for a strike in response to the airline's proposal to cut jobs, employee pay and benefits as part of its effort...
LONDON AFP ? British holidaymakers were set to face disruption to their journeys abroad after British Airways' check-in staff voted to strike in a row over pay, union officials said. The GMB union said its 3,000 members at the airline had backed industrial action by 53 percent after rejecting...
HARARE AFP — Senior doctors at Zimbabwe's state hospitals have joined junior doctors in a strike over pay that has left patients stranded at the country's major medical centers, unions said. The junior doctors first began their industrial action last week when they limited the number of patients that they...
Northwest Airlines flight attendants Tuesday rejected a proposed pay cut to help the troubled airline, setting the stage for a possible strike during the busy summer travel season. Some 80% of about 6,500 who voted opposed the new labor contract. It called for a 21% pay cut and would...
LONDON AFP ? British Airways workers called off a planned strike after unions accepted a pay raise offer, thereby averting travel chaos during Britain's last long summer weekend. The two chief unions representing ground staff -- baggage handlers and check-in staff -- accepted, after initially spurning, a pay increase...
LONDON, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcasting unions striking at ITV today say that the company has had to pay their members overtime and has chosen to pay them for the 36 hours they are on strike. LONDON, April 8 /PRNewswire/ --...
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