Category: strike
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Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay
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Breadcrumbs Path Links BMW PMN Business Article author: Associated Press Tom Kreischer Published on September 18, 2024 • Read for 4 minutes You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article Content In an attempt to thwart the automation of…
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Air Canada reaches last-minute agreement with pilots union, averting strike By Reuters
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Written by Jnaneshwar Rajan Air Canada said early Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its pilots’ union on a new four-year collective agreement, a last-minute deal that could avert a strike or lockout in the near term. Before the tentative agreement was reached, Canada’s largest airline was preparing…
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Boeing strike to slow down Ryanair’s growth plans: CEO Michael O’Leary (NYSE:BA)
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John Moore/Getty Images News Ryanair (Nasdaq:RayaiBoeing CEO Michael O’Leary said Saturday that the aircraft contract extension (New York Stock Exchange: BAThe workers’ strike could cut the number of aircraft the company receives by next summer to 20 from an expected 25. The Irish carrier was expecting to receive The strike…
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Boeing strike could drag on as workers push for higher wages, union leader says By Reuters
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SEATTLE (Reuters) – The strike at Boeing Co. “could go on for a while” as workers feel confident they can get bigger pay raises and better pensions, union leader John Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio on Saturday. More than 30,000 members of the International Association of…
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Boeing strike could drag on as workers push for higher wages, union leader says By Reuters
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SEATTLE (Reuters) – The strike at Boeing Co. “could go on for a while” as workers feel confident they can get bigger pay raises and better pensions, union leader John Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio on Saturday. More than 30,000 members of the International Association of…
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Samsung India strike puts spotlight on powerful Indian labour group By Reuters
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Written by Monsef Vengatil and Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI (Reuters) – A strike by workers in India that has disrupted production at a Samsung plant has put the spotlight on a politically backed labour group that has quietly rallied the South Korean company’s employees and is now planning to expand its…
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Fitch: If this is an extended strike you could see Boeing downgraded
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Boeing machinists went on strike after refusing a 25% pay raise, shutting down the manufacturing plant. Here are the key points from Boeing’s CFO statement: Impact of the strikeThe strike would jeopardize the recovery process, and affect production and deliveries. save money:Strong focus on measures to preserve money Union negotiationsI…
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Fitch: If this is an extended strike you could see Boeing downgraded
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Boeing machinists went on strike after refusing a 25% pay raise, shutting down the manufacturing plant. Here are the key points from Boeing’s CFO statement: Impact of the strikeThe strike would jeopardize the recovery process, and affect production and deliveries. save money:Strong focus on measures to preserve money Union negotiationsI…
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Boeing US factory workers on strike after 96% vote for walkout By Reuters
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By Joe Brock and David Shepherdson SEATTLE (Reuters) – Workers at a Boeing Co. plant on the U.S. West Coast went on strike early on Friday after 96 percent of them voted to walk out, halting production of the company’s best-selling jetliner as it grapples with chronic production delays and…
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Three Lebanese medics killed by Israeli strike, Hezbollah retaliates By Reuters
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one of them critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern Lebanese town of Faroun, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The Israeli occupation forces targeted a Lebanese civil defense team while…
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Israel’s main labour union calls strike as pressure mounts for hostage deal By Reuters
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By Emily Rose and Stephen Sher JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The head of Israel’s largest labor union called for a general strike on Monday to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to return Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza, as thousands of protesters took to the streets. The…
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Histadrut calls general strike for Monday over hostage deal
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Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David: I came to the conclusion after speaking with the heads of the security services that the deal is not moving forward due to political considerations. The head of the General Federation of Labor Unions in Israel, Arnon Bar-David, announced a general strike starting at 6 a.m.…
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Israeli strike kills four fighters on Syria-Lebanon border, security sources say By Reuters
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli drone strike on a car crossing a Syrian checkpoint near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday killed three Palestinian fighters and one member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, two security sources told Reuters. The sources said the vehicle was not carrying weapons. There was…
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Israeli strike kills four fighters on Syria-Lebanon border, security sources say By Reuters
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli drone strike on a car crossing a Syrian checkpoint near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday killed three Palestinian fighters and one member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, two security sources told Reuters. The sources said the vehicle was not carrying weapons. There was…
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Foreign airlines resume Tel Aviv flights after pre-emptive strike
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It was business as usual at Ben Gurion Airport today, with 60,900 passengers expected to pass through on 353 international flights arriving and departing. Yesterday, more than 50,000 passengers passed through the airport, despite Israeli airspace being closed for several hours in the morning due to the Israel Defense Forces’…
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Union at BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile signs new deal, ending risk of strike By Reuters
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The union of workers at Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest, signed a deal on Sunday with BHP, ending a strike that could have threatened global supplies of the red metal. The three-year deal includes changes to working conditions such as “initiatives to improve shift changes, increase…
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U.S. crude surges to biggest gain since October after strike kills Hamas leader in Iran
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SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures jumped more than 4 percent on Wednesday after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran just hours after an Israeli strike on a top Hezbollah military leader in Beirut raised fears of a possible direct conflict between Israel and…
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Israel targets top Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike
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“The IDF carried out a targeted attack in Beirut against the commander responsible for killing children in Majdal Shams,” the IDF spokesman said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed responsibility for the attack on Beirut on Saturday evening in response to the killing of 12 Druze children in the Golan…
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‘Meltdown’: A week later, WestJet continues to feel the fallout from mechanics strike
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Breadcrumbs Path Links PMN Business Article author: Canadian Press Christopher Reynolds Posted on July 07, 2024 • Read for 3 minutes You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. WestJet is still feeling the effects of a machinists’ strike a…