Strikes

Nicaragua: Transport Strike in Second Week

Date: May 14th, 2008 |

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]

Germany: Berlin Transit Strike Extended

Date: March 12th, 2008 |

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Striking transit workers in Berlin threatened to extend their strike through March 23 because negotiations were making little progress. Berlin’s bus, tram and underground network will be disrupted should the strike continue. A threatened nationwide rail strike was averted when negotiators reached agreemen [read more]

Nepal: Terai Strike Ends, Autonomy To Be Granted

Date: March 6th, 2008 |

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A strike in the lowland Terai area bordering India that was squeezing off the fuel supply to Kathmandu and causing power shortages came to an end Feb. 28 when the government signed an agreement to establish an autonomous province for the Madhesi people. This action represents a step into the future for Nepal and [read more]

Ireland: Air Traffic Controllers’ Strike Postponed

Date: February 27th, 2008 |

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Air traffic controllers set to strike Feb. 28 postponed their action when negotiations to resolve the dispute opened Feb. 25 at the Labor Court in Dublin. Controllers agreed to withhold a strike threat until court-brokered talks are concluded, but they are still demanding more staff and better overtime pay. A strike would shut down Ireland’s [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]

Canada: Transit Strike May Hit Toronto April 1

Date: March 20th, 2008 |

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Toronto transit workers could strike April 1 if they don’t reach a deal with the transit commission on a new labor agreement. The current contract expires March 31 and some 99 percent of union members voted to reject the commission’s first contract proposal and authorize a strike if [read more]

Germany: Strikes Affect Transit in Berlin, Flights in Frankfurt

Date: March 6th, 2008 |

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Berlin transit workers went on strike for 10 days March 5 in a walkout that is part of a nationwide public service workers demand for higher pay. The strike will affect the subway, bus and tram network but not the S-Bahn commuter train system. A similar strike in January paralyzed the network and this one [read more]

India: Airport Workers’ Strike Postponed

Date: February 27th, 2008 |

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A strike by 18,000 airport workers that was set for Feb. 26 has been postponed until March 10 to give the government time to negotiate a settlement. If the strike does go ahead as planned in March it will cause flight delays and possibly protests in and around airports. In other news, Hyderabad was put [read more]

Ireland: Air Traffic Controllers to Strike Feb. 28

Date: February 20th, 2008 |

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Air traffic controllers threatened a nationwide 24-hour strike for Feb. 28 that could shut down Ireland’s three major airports and bar international flights from Irish airspace. Such a closure would affect not only flights in and out of Ireland but also overflights between Europe and North America. Union officials and the Irish Aviation Authority will [read more]