Jobs fears trigger Airbus protest
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German and French employees of Airbus demonstrate amid fears of cutbacks at the planemaker.
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LONDON, October 7  - The European aircraft giant, Airbus, has criticized the US decision to move to the WTO over a dispute regarding government subsidies.
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Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests Tuesday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other factories to stop production.
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MELBOURNE/PARIS  - The world's airlines were forced to review growth plans and investors hammered the shares of Airbus parent EADS  on Wednesday after the European planemaker announced more delays to its A380 superjumbo.
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The current weakness of the dollar against the euro poses a threat to the future of large aircraft manufacturing in Europe, the chief executive of European plane maker Airbus warned in an interview published on Wednesday.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Airbus workers downed tools and staged protests as a company shake-up due later on Wednesday was expected to confirm plans for factory sales and thousands of job cuts.
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Workers at France's Airbus factories are set to go on strike on Tuesday to protest against major cutbacks by the European aircraft maker involving the loss of about 4,000 jobs in France, union officials said Thursday.
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Thousands of striking French Airbus workers, blowing whistles, exploding firecrackers and flying banners, marched through Toulouse on Tuesday to try to force the struggling planemaker to ditch plans for massive job cuts.
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Airbus was at the center of mounting industrial tensions Tuesday as the European aircraft maker prepared to unveil a long-awaited restructuring program likely to include thousands of job cuts and the sale of ...Comment
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Airbus on Monday postponed a major announcement on job cuts planned for Tuesday, saying European nations could not agree how to share the work on the planemaker's next aircraft, the wide-body A350.Comment
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Planemaker Airbus will announce on  Wednesday plans to axe 10,000 jobs in four European countries,  but will force contractors to share the pain of cuts which  could provoke labor unrest, industry sources said.
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Germany pledges to fight against  Airbus plants there being disproportionately hit by expected job cuts at the firm.
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Airbus faced growing paralysis on Tuesday over plans to axe thousands of jobs as French and German politicians quarrelled over the cuts and Berlin dampened hopes of a quick solution at a bilateral summit this ...Comment
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TOULOUSE, France  - Troubled planemaker Airbus confirmed 10,000 job cuts and announced plans to sell all or part of six factories on Wednesday, as workers protested and European politicians hailed a hard-fought compromise.
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Several thousand taxi drivers staged protests across France Wednesday, disrupting traffic from Paris&#39; international airports over plans to open up their jobs to competition and scrap a fuel subsidy.
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European plane maker Airbus faced flak from trade unions and scepticism from investors on Thursday, a day after unveiling a radical restructuring plan which labour groups hope to shoot down with strikes and demonstrations.
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European leaders are concerned over job cuts German and French leaders are in talks to address how an overhaul of Airbus will affect their respective countries and try to resolve their differences.Comment