Italian railworkers to strike over network safety
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Railworkers across Italy will strike for 24 hours from Sunday night to protest poor safety levels on the network following a train crash which killed 17 people last week, transport unions said.
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Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, with massive disruptions expected.
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ROME -- The future of Italian air carrier Alitalia is at stake in a meeting set with unions today to reveal the number of planned job cuts as part of a restructuring plan aimed at averting collapse.
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French rail unions were to meet Monday to plan their next step after mounting a crippling two-day strike over President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to cut pension privileges for rail and energy workers.
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National strike will hit public transport across nation.
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Italian trade union members -- from airport staff and postal workers to doctors -- walked off the job Tuesday in a general strike against Premier Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s economic policies, bringing much of the country to a halt.
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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.
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Employees of Telecom Italia staged a strike and protest to oppose the company's plan to hive off its mobile phone unit.
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Italian employees who work on U.S. military bases throughout Italy have planned for three nationwide strikes in the coming weeks to protest the labor agreement being negotiated between U.S. and union officials.
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L'agitazione prevista per il 7 rinviata al 18 settembre: stop di quattro ore. In vista proteste di trasporto pubblico e treni
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The French parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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Angry forest service workers blocked highways, halted trains and forced an airport to shut down on Thursday, effectively cutting off the southern toe of Italy in a protest against spending cuts that could cost hundreds of jobs. The demonstrations across Calabria, the region that makes up the tip of the Italian boot, are the latest by state sector workers upset by the belt-tightening 2005 budget and follows a general strike last week.
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Hundreds of Gatwick Airport baggage handlers and maintenance workers vote to strike on Saturday.
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The troubled Italian airline Alitalia is to reveal a rescue plan to avoid bankruptcy to unions. Ahead of the announcement expected on Monday afternoon, Italian media reported that the proposals include cutting the workforce by a quarter.
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Hundreds of flights were canceled and many others delayed on Friday due to a four-hour air traffic controllers&#39; strike in Italy, when unions protested against plans to centralize control of central Europe&#39;s upper-airspace.
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WITH the future of Italy&#39;s flagship carrier at stake, Alitalia is preparing to unveil a rescue plan at a crucial meeting with unions, revealing the number of planned job cuts aimed at averting collapse.
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Italy&#39;s three biggest unions staged the fifth general strike since Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi came to power in 2001 to protest his economic policy, disrupting transportation, banking and health services.