Eurostar traffic not affected by workers' strike
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Eurostar operations were unaffected by a 24-hour strike over pay by members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, a company spokesman said.
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London&#39;s Underground trains slowly ground back into action Wednesday after union leaders suspended a strike that nearly paralysed the network, though morning commuters faced rush-hour disruption.
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Unions representing check-in staff and baggage handlers at British Airways have welcomed a pay deal which averted an August Bank Holiday strike.
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I'm totally stressed out - German commuter this morning BERLIN (EuroNews) - More travel chaos is expected in Germany as a locomotive engineers' strike threatens to disrupt regional services.The latest and biggest in a series of strikes began at two o'clock in the morning local time and is to end at eight o'clock on Friday morning. Commuters in the east of the country and Berlin are particularly affected. "I'm totally stressed out" said one woman. "I have been here since six a.m. I was supposed to travel to Hof, but I can only get to Nuremburg and I have to wait for a train at 7.23." The engineers want a pay increase of around 30 percent and their own working contract. Their dispute with state rail company Deutsche Bahn has already lasted several months.
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France was hit by transport chaos Thurday as unions challenged President Nicolas Sarkozy with a 24-hour strike, but the government vowed to stick by plans to overhaul pensions for hundreds of thousands in the public sector.
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A settlement was reached on Sunday evening bringing an end to a strike by drivers of the Concordia and Connex bus companies in the Helsinki area, as well as related solidarity strikes called by the Finnish ...
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Public transit strikes, a fact of life in France, would no longer force trains and buses to a complete halt under a controversial bill presented to parliament Tuesday.
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A strike by hundreds of baggage handlers and maintenance workers at Gatwick Airport failed to disrupt flights today. The workers mounted picket lines outside
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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plan to trim special retirement packages for some workers, part of his pledges to cut back on costly public services. The strikes began late Wednesday and were to last through Thursday.The first mass-scale problems for travelers and commuters were expected at Thursday morning rush hour. Paris transport authority RATP said traffic would be 'virtually nil' on most of its lines. The national rail network said it would be 'nearly paralyzed.' Read more
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British Airways PLC and unions signed a pay deal for more than 10,000 ground staff early Saturday, averting a planned 24-hour strike next weekend which would have created travel chaos at British airports.
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Tube workers have called off a planned New Year&#39;s Eve strike, averting travel chaos, after reaching a deal with managers over hours, pay and conditions.
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Eurostar workers vote in favour of strikes over pay and threaten disruptions during the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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BRITISH Airways workers called off a planned strike early today after unions accepted a pay offer, averting travel chaos during Britain&#39;s last long summer weekend.
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Tube passengers using the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are preparing for travel chaos after union leaders confirmed that a strike by maintenance workers will go ahead as planned on Monday.
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Rail service resumes across much of France as a strike over pension reform winds down.
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A one-day nationwide strike by public transport workers leaves France with almost no train, bus or metro services.
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Commuters crammed aboard the few trains left running and surgeons operated on only emergency cases as strikes over job cuts and pay disrupted French rail service and hospitals Wednesday.