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Airbus UK workers to strike for 10 days over pay

Thousands of Airbus workers in Britain will go on strike for 10 days starting next month over a demand for better pay, threatening to disrupt production of aircraft wings, trade union Unite has said.

Business • 21 Aug

Air Canada flight attendants end strike - union

Air Canada's unionised flight attendants have reached an agreement with the country's largest carrier today, ending the first strike by its cabin crew in 40 years that had upended travel plans for hundreds of thousands of passengers.

Business • 19 Aug

Air Canada union boss prefers jail to calling off strike

Leaders of the union on strike against Air Canada said they would risk jail time rather than have cabin crews forced back to work by a federal labour board, raising the stakes in a battle that has disrupted flights for hundreds of thousands of travellers during summer tourist season.

Business • 18 Aug

Air Canada plans to cancel 500 flights over strike action

Air Canada said it expects to cancel several dozen flights by today's end and around 500 flights by the end of tomorrow affecting 100,0000 passengers, ahead of a planned Saturday strike by its unionized flight attendants

Business • 14 Aug

Striking airport workers gather at Frankfurt Airport today

Airport strike to all but freeze German air travel today

More than half a million people are facing travel disruption at German airports today where a 24-hour strike has led to thousands of flight cancellations in a dispute about workers' pay.

Business • 10 Mar

Employees of VW hold up a banner reading 'It's enough - We are ready for strike' as they attend a rally of the IG Metall union in Wolfsburg

VW workers' ultimatum with threat of strike escalation

Volkswagen workers said its management had one last chance to compromise today or risk strikes on a scale not previously seen next year, as talks were set to begin in a bitter standoff over wage cuts and plant closures.

Business • 09 Dec 24

VW workers step up strikes to fight German plant closures

Volkswagen workers will go on extended strikes on Monday, stepping up a bitter dispute with management over layoffs and what would be the first factory closures on German soil for Europe's largest carmaker, a union statement said.

Business • 06 Dec 24

VW CEO clashes with workers as conflict over pay deepens

Volkswagen's CEO and labour boss clashed during a staff meeting today, with management pushing for major cuts while workers warned of more strikes as long as plant closures remain part of wage negotiations at the embattled German automaker.

Business • 04 Dec 24

59% of Boeing workers voted in favour of the new contract, which includes a 38% pay rise spread over four years

Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract

Boeing's US West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer today, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemaker.

Business • 05 Nov 24

Boeing's latest offer includes a 38% wage increase spread over four years, up slightly from a 35% raise in a proposal that was rejected by around two-thirds of the 33,000 striking machinists 12 days ago

Boeing workers vote on wage deal that could end strike

Boeing's US West Coast factory workers will hold a vote on an improved contract offer today that could end a seven-week strike and restart jet production at the troubled planemaker.

Business • 04 Nov 24

The workers will on Monday vote on the proposal that boosts wage hike to 38% over four year

Boeing shares rise as planemaker makes new wage offer

Boeing shares rose 3.9% today, as some analysts expressed optimism that the US planemaker's latest pay offer to end a damaging strike by about 33,000 workers will muster enough support on Monday.

Business • 01 Nov 24

Boeing workers are seeking a 40% pay rise and the return of the defined-benefit pension

Boeing strike continues as workers reject wage deal

Boeing factory workers have voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike, in a blow to new CEO Kelly Ortberg's plan to shore up the finances of the struggling planemaker.

Business • 24 Oct 24

Around 33,000 of Boeing's unionised West Coast workers, most in Washington state, have been on strike since September 13

Boeing shares rise after labour offer but analysts wary

Boeing's shares rose 3% today on hopes of an end to a crippling strike, although some analysts expressed doubts that the proposed labour contract unveiled over the weekend would muster enough support from workers.

Business • 21 Oct 24

Raising equity capital is the only funding option for debt-laden Boeing which is intent on protecting its investment grade ratings

Boeing hones $15 billion financing plan to weather crises

Boeing is closing in on a plan to raise around $15 billion as the jetmaker bolsters finances worsened by a crippling strike, but the timing remains unclear, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Business • 17 Oct 24

About 33,000 Boeing workers have been on strike since September 13, seeking a 40% wage increase over four years

Boeing prepares layoff notices for thousands of workers

Thousands of Boeing staff will get layoff notices within weeks, a union and industry sources said, as a senior US official flew to Seattle to try to ease a crippling strike and a major airline issued a warning over the planemaker's deepening turmoil.

Business • 15 Oct 24

The Boeing talks have collapsed and the sides were left locked in acrimonious stalemate showing no signs of being resolved anytime soon, a person briefed on the talks said.

Boeing halts talks, withdraws pay offer to striking union

Boeing has withdrawn its pay offer to around 33,000 US factory workers and said that no further negotiations were planned with their union representatives as a financially damaging strike nears its fourth week.

Business • 09 Oct 24

Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts have gone on strike

US dockworkers launch strike after labour contract expire

Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts began walking off the job today after last-minute negotiations yielded no new labour contract, a stoppage expected to drag on the world's largest economy just ahead of the November presidential election.

Business • 01 Oct 24

Over 32,000 Boeing workers in the Seattle area and Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on September 13 in the union's first strike since 2008

Boeing, striking union to resume contract talks tomorrow

Boeing and its largest union will resume contract tomorrow in a bid to end a strike that has throttled plane production and hammered the finances of the aerospace giant, the union and company said.

Business • 26 Sep 24

Boeing said it would extend the timeline for a vote on a new contract after the union had rejected the company's initial Friday deadline

Union says Boeing workers not interested in latest offer

The union representing thousands of striking Boeing factory workers said last night that a survey showed members were overwhelmingly against the planemaker's latest pay proposal, which it described as its "best and final".

Business • 25 Sep 24

30,000 Boeing machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its best-selling 737 MAX and other airplanes

Boeing lays off workers as no progress made on strike

Boeing has said it will temporarily lay off tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its best-selling 737 MAX and other airplanes.

Business • 19 Sep 24

A strike by more than 30,000 Boeing workers continues

Boeing freezes hiring, weighs layoffs as strike continues

Boeing is freezing hiring and weighing temporary layoffs to cut costs as a strike by more than 30,000 workers entered its fourth day yesterday.

Business • 17 Sep 24

Border Force officers at London Heathrow, one of the world's biggest airports, will go on strike again for four days from Saturday over working conditions

Heathrow airport border staff announce new strike

Hundreds of Border Force officers at London Heathrow, one of the world's biggest airports, will go on strike again for four days from Saturday over working conditions, their union confirmed.

Business • 30 Aug 24

Lufthansa said it could only operate 10-20% of scheduled flights at the affected airports, which include Germany's biggest hub in Frankfurt as well as Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart

Lufthansa ground staff strike hits air travel again

Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa walked off the job at major airports today in their second strike this month, raising pressure in wage talks due to continue tomorrow.

Business • 20 Feb 24

British Border Force workers are due to strike for several days from December 23 at airports including Heathrow, the UK's busiest

Heathrow sees minimal impact from planned strikes

Heathrow Airport said today that it expected the vast majority of travellers will be unaffected by this month's planned strikes by Border Force workers.

Business • 12 Dec 22

Royal Mail has been locked in a row with its largest labour union - the Communication Workers Union - over pay and operation changes at the over 500-year-old postal firm

Royal Mail parent slides to half-yearly loss

Royal Mail's parent company International Distributions Services has today reported a first-half loss of £57m as higher costs and disruptions arising from strikes by its postal workers put a strain on its finances.

Business • 17 Nov 22

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