Union Protests Carlyle's Bid for Manor Care
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About 150 members of the Service Employees International Union staged a boisterous demonstration outside the Carlyle Group's District headquarters yesterday to protest the private-equity firm's proposed acquisition of nursing-home giant Manor Care.
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Prison officers are pressing for industrial action in protest at moves to ban them from striking, a union says.
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PARIS  - Trade unions took a massive swipe at President Jacques Chirac's conservative government Saturday, gathering more than 300,000 people at marches across France to protest plans to chip away at the country's shortened workweek.
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A last minute offer by the province of New Brunswick to avoid a strike by hospital workers in the province has failed. Premier Bernard Lord presented the employeeâs union with a plan to increase wages over the next four years.
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The federal government has stepped up pressure on Labor to support a boost to the private health insurance rebate, accusing the opposition of being insensitive to older people.
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A second union has warned Royal Mail its members could take strike action, in a row over pensions.
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Business & money: Main US car workers' union calls nationwide strike in protest over healthcare benefits and job security.
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Climate campaigners occupy one of Britain's leading carbon managment companies in a protest about offsetting.
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group   has closed its $4.9 billion acquisition of U.S.  nursing home operator Manor Care Inc , Manor Care said  on Friday, after a temporary order against the deal was lifted  in Michigan.
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group  has closed its $4.9 billion acquisition of U.S. nursing home operator Manor Care Inc , Manor Care said on Friday, after a temporary order against the deal was lifted in Michigan.
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Protests against cuts in the NHS are threatening to rival the rebellion against the poll tax, campaigners warn.
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Unions for Caledonian MacBrayne staff demand Scotland's ferry services remain in public hands.
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Thousands of postal staff across NI are taking part in industrial action over pay and restructuring plans.
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Business & money: Firms to be offered Â£50m to take on Remploy staff, but unions express fury at 'muddled' proposal.
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Amicus Britain&#39;s largest private sector union is urging the Government&#39;s Pensions Commission headed by Adair Turner to recommend compulsory contributions from employers into staff pension funds.
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.Comment
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The Office and Professional Employees International Union yesterday filed to intervene in a rate hike request by Washington Gas Light Co.,  saying it planned to protest the proposal out of concern that the company may hire outside contractors to replace customer service workers, which the union...