Topic: Labor Strikes and Disputes
ITALY FIAT
AP News
Demonstrators shout slogans during a labour strike at the Fiat Mirafiori assembly plant in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 3,2010. Fiat workers across Italy are going on strike to protest plans to end auto production at a Sicilian plant next year. Wednesday's four-hour strike, marked the first nationwide ...
ArcelorMittal 'seeks revamp of Algerian plant'
AFP Global Edition
Steel giant ArcelorMittal will try and launch a sweeping development plan for its Annaba complex in eastern Algeria, where 7,200 workers have gone on strike, a union leader said Thursday. "The management has asked the Algerian government to agree to negotiate an investment plan over four years, aimed at ...
Kenya Matatu Strike
AP News
A roadside vendor sells roasted maize to a customer, as Kenyan workers walk home after work, due to a nationwide strike by Matatu (mini-bus) operators in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Matatu operators went on strike Monday to protest against alleged police harassment. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
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Dockers' strike disrupts French ports
AFP Global Edition
A strike by French dockers on Monday paralysed freight traffic at France's two busiest ports, Marseille and Le Havre, port authorities said. The one-day nationwide strike was called by the CGT union to protest the government's port reforms and press demands for compensation for workers exposed to asbestos ...
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