International Business News - Strike http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif About 300 taxi drivers went on strike in a southern Chinese city, smashing cars and demanding a crackdown on unlicensed taxis in the latest protest against illegal taxi competition in China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/300-chinese-cab-drivers-hold-strike-in-south-china.htm Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:27:35 EST Airbus benefited from the recently ended strike by workers at U.S. rival Boeing Co. as it gave stretched suppliers more time to focus on orders from the European jet maker, the company said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/airbus-says-it-benefited-from-rival-boeing-strike.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:35:35 EST Some of Rome's most visited museums and monuments are staying shut as ticket-booth workers and security guards stage a one-day strike amid fears of job cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/rome-museums-shut-down-by-one-day-strike.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:43:35 EST Chile's Senate unanimously approved a 10 percent wage increase for public workers on Thursday, ending a strike by 400,000 state employees that had halted garbage collection, and affected health and school services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/chile-congress-seeks-bigger-wage-hike-for-workers.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:22:16 EST The U.S.-developed F-35 fighter jet has been chosen to replace Norway's aging F-16 aircraft in a purchase that would cost the NATO member about 18 billion kroner ($2.5 billion) for 48 aircraft, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/norwegian-government-wants-joint-strike-fighter.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:46:32 EST A strike has closed down the Athens subway system adding to the city's chronic traffic congestion with thousands of commuters taking to their cars. Metro workers began the two-day strike Thursday over a contract dispute with the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/greece-athens-metro-workers-begin-2-day-strike.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:49:31 EST Doctors and judges are joining a national strike in Chile, and will briefly suspend their work to demand higher pay. The public employees' strike is gaining force, and on Wednesday entered its third day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/doctors-judges-join-chile-public-workers-strike.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:40:49 EST A few hundred taxi drivers went on strike Wednesday in a southwestern Chinese district to protest a proposed increase in the number of cabs operating there, state media reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/about-300-cabbies-go-on-strike-in-southwest-china.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:35:25 EST About 100,000 teachers in public and private schools are staging a one-day strike to demand better pay, forcing about 1 million students to stay home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/lebanese-teachers-strike-students-stay-home.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:53:37 EST Air France traffic will be back to normal on Tuesday after a pilots' strike over retirement reforms disrupted the French airline's flights for four days. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/air-france-sees-traffic-back-to-normal-tuesday.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:37:32 EST Nearly half of Air France's flights were grounded Friday by a pilots' strike expected to last through the weekend. The carrier said that half its short- and medium-haul flights were canceled along with 40 percent of its long-haul flights. Some flights were canceled at the last minute, Air France said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/air-france-pilots-strike-strands-passengers.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:16:48 EST Air France Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta says a planned four-day pilots' strike set to start Friday will cost the airline around 100 million euros ($125 million) in lost revenues. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/air-france-predicts-strike-cost-at-100-mln-euros.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:50:21 EST Air France is warning of "significant disruptions" to flights during a four-day French pilots strike set to start Friday. The carrier says the walkout was called to protest the French parliament's upcoming discussion of a broad reform bill that could extend the retirement age for pilots from 60 to 65. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/air-france-pilots-strike-likely-to-cancel-flights.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:25:50 EST Police detained 21 people for smashing taxicabs during the latest taxi strike to hit China as more drivers took to the streets Tuesday to protest high costs and competition from illegal cabs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/china-investigates-violence-in-latest-taxi-strike.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:20:43 EST Railway and mass transit workers in Italy staged a strike Monday, creating chaos for commuters, while a wildcat protest by some of Alitalia's staff forced the national airline to scrap dozens of flights. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/italian-transport-workers-strike-commuter-chaos.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:50:04 EST Unions for Alitalia pilots and flight attendants have called a strike for Nov. 25. The unions say it will be the first in a series of one-day strikes to protest a plan by Italian investors to rescue the ailing airline by laying off workers and cutting routes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/alitalia-workers-to-strike-nov-25.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:29:35 EST A train and mass transit strike is expected to disrupt traffic throughout Italy on Monday. Transport unions said Friday they called a 24-hour nationwide transport strike, set to begin at 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) Sunday. Some long-distance service and some regional trains used mainly by commuters will be guaranteed on morning and evening rush hours. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/train-bus-and-subway-strike-monday-in-italy.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:15:15 EST The top official in China's fourth-largest city met Thursday with representatives of taxi drivers who had staged a violent strike, in a high-profile acknowledgment of industrial strife. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/chinese-official-talks-to-striking-taxi-drivers.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:33:32 EST A group of Saudi activists began a rare public hunger strike Thursday to demand judiciary reform and draw attention to the detention without trial of 11 political reformists. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/saudis-on-hunger-strike-to-demand-judiciary-reform.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:15:20 EST Some 7,000 railway workers will strike for six hours to protest poor working conditions and a lack of investment. Gheorghe Popa, who heads the CFR railway trade union says the strike will start at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) Friday and run to 1 p.m. (1100 GMT). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/romania-7-000-railway-workers-to-strike.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:04:51 EST