Strikes

United Kingdom: Airport Ground Workers’ Strike to Disrupt Travel

Date: August 21st, 2008 |

Ground services workers announced four 24-hour strikes to take place at English airports. Strikes will disrupt flights at Gatwick and Stansted airports Aug. 25 and 29, and at Manchester airport Aug. 27 and Sept. 1. Union members at Birmingham and Newcastle airports may also vote [read more]

Brazil: Airport Workers’ Strike Causes Delays across Country

Date: July 30th, 2008 |

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Thousands of members of the National Airport Workers Union launched an indefinite strike July 30 after talks with management over a wage increase failed. The strike involves thousands of workers and will create significant delays at airports in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Manaus and other cities. Should the strike continue for days or [read more]

Argentina: Farmers’ Strike Continues

Date: June 19th, 2008 |

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Some 2,000 demonstrators protested in front of the presidential residence outside Buenos Aires June 16 to demand that the government resume negotiations with striking farmers who have been blocking highways and restricting the flow of agricultural products periodically since March. In response, President Cristina Fernandez told thousands of supports in Buenos Aires June 18 that [read more]

India: Gurkha Party Forces Tourists Out of Darjeeling, Shuts Down Transit

Date: June 11th, 2008 |

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Despite assurances to the contrary, the separatist group Gurkha Janamukti Morcha, which is demanding a separate state in the popular West Bengal hill region that includes Darjeeling, has brought tourism to a halt with an indefinite strike that not only is stopping visitors from getting in, it’s prevented tourists from getting out. The group gave [read more]

Canada: Toronto Transit Strike Averted

Date: April 23rd, 2008 |

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Union leaders and transit officials in Toronto averted a strike that would have shut down transit throughout the city beginning April 21. The agreement was hailed as fair by both sides and will run for three years. The last-minute resolution came two hours past the strike deadline on April 20 when a strike seemed i [read more]

Germany: With Strike Over, Lufthansa to Restore Normal Schedule by Mid-August

Date: August 7th, 2008 |

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A five-day strike by Lufthansa ground and cabin staff ended Aug. 1 when the workers’ union and management agreed on a pay increase. The strike forced the cancellation of up to 10 percent of Lufthansa’s flights and the airline does not expect its schedule to return to normal until mid-August because it needs to catch [read more]

Germany: Lufthansa Strike Affects Air Travel

Date: July 30th, 2008 |

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Lufthansa ground and cabin staff launched an indefinite strike July 28 that caused significant delays and cancellations of both domestic and international flights. The strike is likely to affect all airports in Germany. The dispute is over a demand for a 9.8 percent pay raise while the government offered a 6.7 percent increase in two [read more]

Mexico: Oaxaca Teachers’ Strike Ends

Date: June 19th, 2008 |

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Some 20,000 teachers and sympathizers on strike in Oaxaca ended their three-week protest June 16 in part to allow the state to celebrate the Guelaguetza, the region’s premier cultural event. “La guelaguetza” is a Zapotec word meaning “offering,” and the festival features traditional dances from the seven indigenous regions of the state. The Guelaguetza takes [read more]

Nicaragua: Transport Strike in Second Week

Date: May 14th, 2008 |

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A nationwide transportation strike to protest rising fuel costs began May 5 and continued into a second week with no signs of abating. Roads have been blocked and protests have turned violent. Protesters set two trucks on fire and 35 people were arrested in clashes with police on the Pan-American Highway in northern Nicaragua. Taxis [read more]

United Kingdom: Strike on London Underground

Date: April 2nd, 2008 |

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A 72-hour strike on the London Underground is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. April 6 and end at the same time April 9. The two labor unions calling for the strike represent 7,500 station staff and drivers who are protesting what they consider a compromise of safety but what management says has nothing to [read more]