Talks aim to avert pension strike
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Five public sector unions will meet John Prescott in a bid to avoid national strikes over pension reforms.
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Talks to avert strike action that would disrupt some of Britain's busiest airports are set to begin.
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Fresh talks are to be held in an attempt to avert a series of strikes by workers at some of the UK's busiest airports.
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Stars including George Clooney and Meryl Streep urge the actors' union to start talks in a bid to avert a strike.
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Union leaders are meeting to plan what could be the first national strike in the NHS for 18 years.
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Talks to avoid a crippling strike at British Airways are set to resume on Friday with unions and the airline "hopeful" of reaching a deal.
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Congressional negotiators, rushing to complete a major pension bill before the August recess, said Monday a deal on the long-awaited bill to shore up defined-benefit pension plans still eluded them.
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United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger and Vice President Cal Rapson said on Friday that a strike is one possible option during the upcoming national negotiations with U.S.-based automakers.
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Union negotiators today claimed they were close to agreeing a pay deal with British Airways to avoid a bank holiday strike and the resulting travel chaos.
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Business & money: Local authority pension funds are to tackle arms companies about their activities.
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Italy moves a step closer to resolving its pensions crisis, which has been a key political issue.
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Unions give their backing to a new deal offered by the US owner of car parts maker Turner & Newall to save its troubled pension scheme.
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Despite reaching a pay deal with cabin crew staff, BA still faces the threat of strike action over pensions reform.
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Ministers are set to announce more money to help workers who have lost their pensions, Gordon Brown tells MPs.
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A compromise deal was in view at the end of more than 20 hours of management-union talks aimed at breaking the deadlock in wage and job talks, according to sources close to the talks.
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No. 2 European airline hopes resumed talks with unions over pay dispute will prevent a walkout. LONDON  - British Airways Plc resumed talks with unions Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt ...
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The British and Irish premiers were holding talks on how to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland as pressure builds for an accord ahead of a November deadline, officials said.