International Business News - Strikes 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 Police say lightning struck 32 soccer players training in western Germany, seriously injuring nine of them. A police statement late Friday said the players were practicing in Wald Michelbach, a village south of Frankfurt, when they were struck. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/german-soccer-players-hit-by-lightning.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:50:39 EDT Thousands of British local government employees began a two-day strike over pay on Wednesday. Unions expected more than half a million workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to join the walkout that began after midnight, closing museums, libraries, civic offices and some schools. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/british-public-workers-go-on-strike.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:09:10 EDT Transport workers in Italy have gone on strike, forcing the cancellation of thousands of bus, tram and subway lines and snarling traffic across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/transport-strikes-under-way-in-italy.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:35:54 EDT Qantas Airways Ltd. said it may cancel more than 18 flights in Australia on Tuesday due to short-term walkouts by aircraft engineers seeking a wage increase. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/strikes-hit-qantas-flights-in-australia.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:03:35 EDT About 6,500 truck drivers ended their strike Thursday after transportation companies agreed to increase fees for hauling freight, but another 6,500 remained off the job, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74863-south-korea-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/skorea-strike-eases-as-truckers-return-to-work.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/skorea-strike-eases-as-truckers-return-to-work.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:54:16 EDT South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking to arrest a dozen striking truckers on charges of beating drivers who refused to stay off the job. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/south-korea-to-arrest-striking-truckers.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:42:42 EDT The South Korean government urged striking truckers Tuesday to immediately return to work, warning that authorities would take legal action if they don't. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73426-south-korea-us-beef.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/south-korea-union-federation-to-strike.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/south-korea-union-federation-to-strike.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:49:16 EDT Some 17,000 unionized South Korean construction workers went on strike Monday, adding further woes to the embattled government already reeling from striking truckers and public anger at a deal to resume imports of U.S. beef. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/south-korean-construction-workers-begin-strike.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:05:19 EDT Some 9,000 workers at E.ON AG, Germany's biggest utility, walked off their jobs Wednesday in a one-day warning strike in a dispute over pay and working hours. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/e-on-hit-with-1-day-warning-strikes.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 12:02:28 EDT General Motors Corp.'s string of labor problems could soon come to an end with a tentative agreement at a key assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. GM reached the deal on a local contract with United Auto Workers Local 31 at the plant Tuesday evening, company spokesman Dan Flores said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/tentative-deal-reached-to-settle-gm-kansas-city-strike.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 10:02:46 EDT General Motors Corp.'s string of labor problems could soon be coming to an end with a tentative agreement reached Tuesday at a key assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/tentative-deal-reached-to-settle-gm-kansas-city-strike.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 21:46:55 EDT Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl. Even more extraordinary was her performance that day, when she struck out New York Yankees sluggers Ruth and Lou Gehrig, said Bruce Nash, executive producer of a TV show about Mitchell. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/tv-show-recounts-teenage-girls-strikeout-of-ruth-gehrig.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 20:03:50 EDT The Federal Aviation Administration plans to meet with American Airlines to discuss the company's revised inspection procedures for suspected lightning strikes, an agency spokesman said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/faa-to-meet-with-american-about-lightning-strikes.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:56:20 EDT A striking United Auto Workers local at a key General Motors Corp. factory ratified a new contract with the company Friday afternoon and will resume production on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/striking-workers-vote-on-local-gm-plant-contract.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:10:07 EDT General Motors Corp. and a local union agreed Thursday on contract terms that could end a monthlong strike at a Michigan plant which makes some of GM's hottest selling vehicles. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/gm-uaw-agree-on-deal-that-could-end-plant-strike.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 08:50:58 EDT General Motors Corp. says it has agreed with a union local on a contract deal that could end a monthlong strike at a plant near Lansing. GM spokesman Dan Flores said the automaker and UAW Local 602 agreed on contract terms early Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/gm-uaw-local-agree-on-deal-that-could-end-strike.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 08:03:45 EDT Workers at a General Motors Corp. stamping plant in Ohio have withdrawn their threat to go on strike, a GM spokesman said Wednesday. United Auto Workers Local 549 was set to go on strike Thursday morning but has withdrawn that deadline and is continuing negotiations to reach a local contract, spokesman Dan Flores said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/gm-plant-in-ohio-withdraws-strike-threat.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:02 EDT Workers at a General Motors Corp. metal stamping plant in Ohio have threatened to go on strike Thursday in a dispute over local contract issues, a GM spokesman said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/workers-at-gm-factory-in-ohio-prepare-to-strike.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 10:22:08 EDT Members of a United Auto Workers union local in Parma, Ohio, that had threatened a strike have ratified a local contract with General Motors Corp. The Web site of Local 1005 says workers approved it 550 to 537. It represents about 1,500 workers at metal stamping and powertrain operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/united-auto-workers-in-ohio-ratify-local-gm-contract.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 09:03:27 EDT United Auto Workers locals at General Motors Corp. factories in Kansas and Michigan delayed threatened walkouts on Friday and continued to negotiate with the automaker over local contract issues. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/gm-avoids-strikes-in-kansas-and-michigan.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:57 EDT