Shipyards Up The Pressure On Spanish Govt As Strike Looms
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A strike and growing unrest at Spain's shipyards pose the first major test of industrial relations for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who has promised to fight the dockworkers' corner and save ...
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Unrest hits output; workers fight plan to slash 12,000 positions, say losses due to mismanagement.
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The plan poses the stiffest challenge to the Spanish central Government since the region became semi-autonomous 25 years ago.
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France's conservative government is vowing not to buckle under pressure from the worst strikes for two years, but a tough battle is brewing after a week of protests which have strengthened the unions' resolve.
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Pressure grew Thursday for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other public agencies in the two states to help prevent a disruption of
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Spain's Socialist government has made more effort than its conservative predecessor to improve relations with Gibraltar, the chief minister of the disputed British colony has said in an interview.
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Spain pledged to keep up a tough line with the Basque separatist guerrilla group ETA on Wednesday after a bomb exploded at a Civil Guard police barracks, causing minor damage.
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Spanish shipyard workers blockaded traffic in the northwestern port of Ferrol as thousands rallied to protest plans to part-privatise shipyards threatened by bankruptcy.
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The French government piled pressure on Societe Generale's chairman Tuesday over multi-billion dollar losses at the bank for which rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was charged.
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MADRID, Sep 27 (IPS) - Negative trends in some of the main sectors of the   Spanish economy are threatening the government of Socialist  Prime Minister  JosÃ© Luis GonzÃ¡lez and its plans for increased  social spending and foreign  cooperation.
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Spain&#39;s ruling Socialists face a battle  to win back support in Madrid before next year&#39;s general  election after the capital voted in favor of the opposition in  regional polls.
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Relations between Spain's government and its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the church is putting up a fight.
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Workers at wood processing plants of the forest company UPM have threatened to go on strike for a few days to protest the planned implementation of job cuts in the company.
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Portugal is braced for strikes as unions protest against reforms aimed at making the economy more competitive.
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ETA triggered a series of explosions across Spain yesterday in a show of force by a faction within the Basque terrorist organisation opposed to a peace deal with the Socialist Government.
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MADRID, Aug 6  (IPS) - Although greatly weakened, the Basque separatist  group ETA has stepped up its pressure on businesses in that  northern Spanish region with a view to raising funds through  extortion, while it has become increasingly radical in its  political demands and is preparing a new attack, according to the  police.
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Hundreds of thousands of civil servants go on strike on Friday in protest at looming job cuts.