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Air traffic controllers in France are planning to strike on Thursday 25 April. Workers are protesting the restructuring of their services. French airports and international flights face disruption during the walkout. Staff have until Tuesday to announce whether they will be involved in the walkout, but it is thought that it could affect up to 70 per cent of flights at major airports. A ‘black day’ for French airportsFrance’s largest air traffic controllers union has filed a strike notice for this Thursday. The SNCTA, which represents over 60 per cent of France’s air traffic controllers, told t...
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An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, an infant, is still fighting for her life with part of her face blown off by the same strike. An unrelated 10-year-old boy screamed out in pain for his parents, not knowing that they were killed in the strike. Beside him was his sister, but he didn’t recognise her because burns covered alm...
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South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week, officials said on Thursday. The medical workers have so far refused to end their walkouts despite the impact on the country’s medical services. More than 90 per cent of South Korea's 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month to protest the government’s plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. Their strikes have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. South Korea, with its rapidly ageing population and low doct...
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Passengers experienced considerable disruption on Thursday, when buses, trams and metro trains ceased operating across much of Germany as local transport workers began a two-day-strike. One of Europe’s largest trade unions, Verdi, which represents 90,000 transport workers in Germany, called for the 48-hour 'warning strike' in the ongoing nationwide wage dispute in regional negotiations. Workers are demanding better working conditions, including shorter working weeks and extra compensation days for shift and night work. Public transport workers have staged several strikes in recent weeks amid t...
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The Eiffel Tower is closed for a fourth day running on Thursday (22 February) as workers strike in France’s capital city. The iconic landmark, which is expected to be at the heart of celebrations for the Paris Olympics, is off-limits to visitors. One of the strikers' representatives, Denis Vavassori of the CGT union, has previously warned that their protest action "could go on for several days, even weeks.” Here’s what to know if you are visiting the Eiffel Tower this week. Eiffel Tower closure: What to do if you’ve booked to visitThe Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year. However, st...
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Rail travel across Spain will be severely disrupted this month as staff begin walkouts tomorrow (Friday). Hundreds of trains have already been cancelled throughout February including long and mid-distance Renfe services. Workers at Renfe, Spain’s state-owned operator, have announced strikes at several points during the month. Travellers are advised to check whether their journey will be affected on company websites. Hundreds of Spain’s long-distance train services cancelled in FebruarySpain’s rail worker strikes will have a severe impact on train services connecting popular tourist destination...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday carried out strikes against Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria in retaliation over a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Here is what we know so far: Hitting Iran unit, but not IranThe US military said the airstrikes hit more than 85 targets inside Iraq and Syria targeting both the elite Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and affiliated militia groups. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said at least 18 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in the strikes in eastern Syria. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said...
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Finland is hit by a third day of industrial action Friday, with the transport sector crippled by striking workers in trams, trains, buses, ferries, ports, airport and airline operations. There are also ongoing strikes in cleaning companies, factories, mines and refineries, construction companies and the postal service. Unions called for a wave of industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners and shift a balance of power towards employers when it comes to setting salaries. Thursday saw an estimated 300,000 workers ...
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Hundreds of thousands of workers in Finland are expected to join widespread strikes which began Wednesday and escalate through Thursday and Friday - with more strikes planned next week too. Unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners and shift a balance of power towards employers when it comes to setting salaries. The government says their sweeping reforms are needed to make the Finnish economy more competitive, and as an indicator of how important the new proposals are to each side, the r...
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Doctors at 23 state-owned university hospitals in Germany walked out on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with hospital managers in collective bargaining talks. The Marburger Bund trade union called on several thousand doctors to rally in the northern German city of Hanover in what was billed as a "warning strike." The union has demanded a 12.5% pay rise and higher bonuses for working nights, weekends and public holidays for some 20 thousand doctors in university hospitals, financed by Germany's 16 federal states. The action comes after a third round of negotiations with the federal ...
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