Strikers could spare Christmas travel
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Unions look set to back industrial action at BAA airports, but consider festive amnesty
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Travellers are expected to brave road and rail delays and head for the coast this Bank Holiday weekend.
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PARIS - Support for striking transport workers faltered yesterday, with some unions returning to work on the second day of a protest against government plans to scrap some retirement benefits and commuters grumbling about delays and crowded platforms.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Three groups of Canada Post employees have threatened to strike during next month's annual Christmas rush.
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Passengers are facing travel disruption as a result of separate walkouts by Gatwick and Heathrow staff. Workers who refuel aircraft at Heathrow airport have launched a 48-hour strike which began at 4.30am after rejecting a two-year pay offer.
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Passengers who got caught up in the airlinesâ troubles over Christmas saw a glimpse of what may await them in the coming year. The winter storms and computer malfunctions
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There may be little good cheer for those flying during the December holidays: Many travelers can count on paying 15 to 25 percent more for airplane tickets than they did last year, and that's assuming they can get seats at all.
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Union leaders are to hold talks with  airport operator BAA  on Monday in an attempt to avert  a series of strikes that could cause widespread travel chaos in  January.
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Strikes planned for January 7, 14 and 17 after union ballot
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Holiday fixtures against the bottom two clubs have kept Liverpool within striking distance of the Champions League places, but any thoughts that they would endorse their
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Drivers on a London subway line will stage one-day strikes on Dec. 24 and Jan. 5, their union said Tuesday, disrupting travel over the busy Christmas period.
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NEW YORK The holiday season is an especially busy time for global travelers intent on delivering gifts to friends and relatives from faraway places.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has decided that drivers will get a free ride Wednesday if toll collectors and other unionized employees go on strike.
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18 million cars expected to take to the road during the Christmas season despite high fuel prices
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People who are going on holiday over the Bank Holiday weekend are being warned about potential delays to their journeys.
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Companies may still be trying to trim  costs and job cuts remain a threat, but in one area  belts are  being loosened a bit -- there are more holiday parties for  staff this year.
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Three strikes planned on the Tube next month are to go ahead, union leaders announce.