Tag Archive
BA union plans new strike ballot
The Unite union confirms it is preparing a new ballot on further BA strike action, as the current strike enters its final day. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Honda hit by second China strike
Honda halts production at two of its four car assembly factories in China after another strike by workers at a local parts supplier. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA cabin crew walk out on strike
British Airways cabin crew begin a fresh five-day strike, the third and last in their current series of walkouts. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BT union will ballot for strike
BT workers are to be balloted on strike action after the company failed to meet a deadline for increasing a 2% pay offer This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA cabin crew start fresh strike
The latest five-day walkout by cabin crew started at midnight British Airways cabin crew have started a fresh five-day strike as their dispute centred on pay, jobs and conditions continues. The walkout will coincide with half-term holidays, and could be followed by more action starting on 5 June. BA says it hopes to operate more flights in... »
BA crew resume work before strike
The next five-day strike is due to start at midnight on Sunday British Airways cabin crew who have been on strike are returning to work for one day before the next five-day stoppage begins on Sunday. It comes after talks between the airline and the Unite union ended without an agreement. The two sides are... »
Air India workers call off strike
The ailing airline has about 30,000 employees Air India workers have called off a two-day strike that left tens of thousands of passengers stranded after an Indian court asked them to return to work. The strike was called in protest at an alleged gag on staff speaking about the air disaster in Mangalore. More than 100... »
BA may take new action on strike
BA says a new court move cannot be ruled out as the five-day cabin crew strike heads in to a third day. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
British Airways crew begin strike
British Airways cabin crew begin a five-day strike in their long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Union offers to cancel BA strike
The Unite union offers a deal to stop the latest British Airways strike, with a five-day walkout due to start at midnight. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA hopeful strike will be averted
British Airways boss Willie Walsh says there is an “opportunity” to avert the strike, amid a row over the use of Twitter during talks. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Greece braced for new mass strike
Much of Greece is expected to grind to a halt as trade unions stage a new 24-hour strike against austerity measures. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Court to give BA strike decision
The Unite union will learn if its appeal against an injunction stopping planned BA cabin crew strikes has succeeded. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA in legal action to stop strike
The airline will go to court to prevent a cabin crew strike but the transport secretary expresses surprise at the move. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA details Heathrow strike plan
British Airways plans to run at least half its flights from Heathrow Airport during next week’s cabin crew strike. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Union urges fresh BA strike talks
The Unite union urges British Airways to hold more talks in a bid to avoid 20 days of planned cabin crew strikes. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Missile strike hits NW Pakistan
Two missiles fired from a suspected US drone aircraft have killed at least five people in north-west Pakistan. The missiles hit a home in a village in the tribal district of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. Local officials told the AFP news agency that the house was being used by rebels. The US has launched... »
Maoists call off strike in Nepal
The Maoist party in Nepal ends a general strike after six days, but continue to call on the government to stand down. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
General strike paralyses Greece
A general strike has been called across Greece as protests against planned spending cuts and tax rises continue. Trains, planes and ferries are at a standstill as transport workers join public sector workers who began their own 48-hour strike on Tuesday. Austerity measures planned in return for a 110bn euro (£95bn) international rescue package for... »
Greek civil servants stage strike
Greek public sector workers, who are bearing the brunt of wage and pension cuts as part of Greece’s austerity programme, have begun a 48-hour strike. Their action comes ahead of a nationwide general strike on Wednesday. The programme has been introduced in return for a 110bn euro (£95bn) world rescue package agreed for the country.... »
Maoists’ strike shuts down Nepal
The Maoists shut down Nepal for what they describe as an indefinite strike, in a bid to force the government to resign. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Indian strike over food prices
Communist and opposition parties in India are holding nationwide protests against rising food and fuel prices. The Communist-governed states of West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala are likely to be worst hit by the 12-hour strike called by the parties. Air and train services have been disrupted in West Bengal, and attendance in offices across the... »
Rail bosses plan strike challenge
A legal bid by Network Rail to halt next week’s planned strikes by railway signallers and maintenance staff is due to be heard at the High Court later. Network Rail will argue "scores of discrepancies and inaccuracies" were contained in the signallers’ ballot. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) are planning a... »
Legal attempt to stop rail strike
Network Rail is taking legal action in a bid to avert planned strikes by signallers, the company has said. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) is planning a four-day strike from 6 April, which it says could hit 80% of services. The dispute centres on Network Rail plans to cut 1,500 jobs... »
Legal action to stop rail strike
Network Rail is taking legal action in a bid to avert planned strikes by signallers, the company has said. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) is planning a four-day strike from 6 April, which it says could hit 80% of services. The dispute centres on Network Rail plans to cut 1,500 jobs... »
Union dismisses Tory strike claim
Unite rejects David Cameron’s claim its members are on strike due to “weakness” in Gordon Brown’s handling of the BA row. »
Tory attack over strike response
The latest strike by British Airways’ cabin crew has entered its second day, with both sides claiming an advantage. On Saturday, the airline cancelled a third of departures – about 90 flights mainly out of Heathrow – but said it operated a full service from Gatwick. But the union, Unite, said BA was wasting millions... »
Talks due over rail strike threat
Talks between unions and employers in a bid to avert the threatened national rail strike will begin on Monday, the conciliation service Acas has said. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) are planning four days of action from 6 April in a row over jobs and working practices. If it went ahead,... »
Second BA strike disrupts flights
More British Airways flights have been cancelled as a second strike by the firm’s cabin crew gets under way. According to live departure boards, 29 scheduled flights due to depart London airports on Saturday morning have already been cancelled. However BA has said it expects disruption to be less than last weekend’s strike, when cabin... »
BA’s second strike gets under way
More British Airways flights have been cancelled as a second strike by the firm’s cabin crew gets under way. According to live departure boards, 29 scheduled flights due to depart London airports on Saturday morning have already been cancelled. However BA has said it expects disruption to be less than last weekend’s strike, when cabin... »
‘No reason’ for rail strike – PM
Gordon Brown has called for more dialogue between Network Rail and unions to prevent the first national strike for 16 years. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association are planning four days of action from 6 April in a row over jobs and working practices. Downing Street said the PM hoped discussions at the... »
Rail unions announce strike dates
The first national rail strike since 1994 could be called later, threatening travel disruption over Easter. Last-ditch talks between the RMT union and Network Rail are due to resume at conciliation service Acas. Both signal workers and maintenance staff belonging to the RMT have voted in favour of walkouts in a row over job cuts... »
Staff on first Budget Day strike
About 30,000 civil servants in Scotland are due to take part in the first ever strike on Budget Day, in a dispute over cuts to redundancy pay. The 24-hour national stoppage has been called by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). It comes after a two-day strike earlier in March saw up to 200,000... »
National strike staged in France
French public sector workers are holding a day-long, nationwide strike to protest against the government’s social and economic policies. The strike was causing some transport disruption, French media reports said. The protest comes two days after regional elections in which President Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right UMP party suffered a heavy defeat. Resistance to Mr Sarkozy’s economic... »
BA services resume after strike
British Airways is trying to resume normal services following the end of a three-day strike by cabin crew. The airline says it has reinstated a number of flights over the next four days that were previously cancelled. BA is reviewing its schedule for a strike between 27 and 30 March which is again about pay... »
BA says strike to cost ã7m a day
British Airways has estimated the three-day strike by its cabin crew will cost £7m a day – £21m in total. But the airline said the industrial action was unlikely to have much impact on its full-year earnings figure. Around a third of the airlines’ flights on Monday were affected by the staff walk-out, although some... »
BA says strike will cost it ã21m
British Airways has estimated the three-day strike by its cabin crew will cost £7m a day – £21m in total. But the airline said the industrial action was unlikely to have much impact on its full-year earnings figure. Around a third of the airlines’ flights on Monday were affected by the staff walk-out, although some... »
BA strike cancels dozens of flights
Dozens of British Airways flights have so far been cancelled on the third day of strike action by cabin crew. Heathrow has seen the greatest disruption, with 46 flights cancelled out of 101 departures scheduled between midnight and 1100 GMT on Monday. The joint general secretary of Unite, Tony Woodley, said the strike was "costing... »
BA facing busiest day of strike
Thousands more British Airways passengers face disruption to their journeys as the cabin crew strike enters its third and busiest day. The Unite union says only 300 of the 2,200 cabin crew scheduled to work during the weekend turned up. BA says nearly 98% of staff reported for work at Gatwick airport and more than... »
Parties claim BA strike advantage
The strike by British Airways cabin crew has entered its second day, with both sides claiming the advantage. The Unite trade union said half of BA’s 250 planes had been grounded on the first day of the three-day stoppage. But BA says it reinstated flights as so many worked, adding that 97% of cabin crew... »
BA fights to limit strike impact
British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next three days. Talks between the airline and the Unite union, which represents the crew, collapsed on Friday. A further four days of action are set to begin on 27 March, although BA has said this weekend’s action... »
BA cabin crew strike takes effect
British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next three days. Talks between the airline and the Unite union, which represents the crew, collapsed on Friday. A further four days of action are set to begin on 27 March, although BA has said this weekend’s action... »
BA cabin crew strike under way
British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next three days. Talks between the airline and the Unite union, which represents the crew, collapsed on Friday. A further four days of action are set to begin on 27 March, although BA has said this weekend’s action... »
BA cabin crew begin strike action
British Airways cabin crew have begun strike action that will cause severe disruption to flights for the next three days. Talks between the airline and the Unite union, which represents the crew, collapsed on Friday. A further four days of action are set to begin on 27 March, although BA has said this weekend’s action... »
BA crew to strike as talks fail
A strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead after talks between the airline and the Unite union collapsed. The first three-day strike begins on Saturday, with a second scheduled for 27 March. "BA does not want to negotiate and ultimately wants to go to war with this union," Unite’s joint general secretary Tony... »
BA strike talks into second day
British Airways’ chief executive and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, have held face-to-face talks to avert this weekend’s strike. Sources at the Unite union told the BBC that contact "had been made" on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the action by cabin crew. BA declined to comment on a Press... »
BA strike talks to resume later
British Airways’ chief executive and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, have held face-to-face talks to avert this weekend’s strike. Sources at the Unite union told the BBC that contact "had been made" on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the action by cabin crew. BA declined to comment on a Press... »
BA adds flights to strike dates
British Airways says it will increase the number of flights during the forthcoming strike as more staff volunteer to work. Earlier BA said it would be able to fly 60% of passengers during the first strike, but it now says extra staff will allow 65% to fly. "The cabin crew offering to work… has increased... »
BA strike is unjustified – Adonis
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has attacked the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified". He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that the strike posed a threat "to the future of one of our great companies in this country". Members of the Unite union are due to strike for three... »
Greeks stage fresh general strike
By Malcolm BrabantBBC News, Athens Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike. The stoppage is in protest at the country’s austerity measures. The head of the employers’ federation has accused the strikers of trying... »