Strike move in public pension row
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Unions consider strike calls over plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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The walkout comes as labor and management were reported close to a historic deal over healthcare for retirees.
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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Workers at some of Britain's busiest airports have voted to stage three strikes in the new year in a dispute over pensions, union officials said Friday.
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Public sector workers walked off the job today to protest plans to eliminate special retirement privileges.
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Thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for a second Friday demanding a 12% pay rise.
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PARIS, Oct. 18 -- French public transportation workers staged a strike on Thursday, bringing most rail, bus and subway service across the country to a standstill and delivering a vivid warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose plans to reduce generous but costly public pensions face stiff...
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Staff at seven British airports including London's busy Heathrow have voted to strike in January over a pensions row, union bosses said Friday, in a move threatening severe passenger disruption.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The union representing 2,600 Canada Post administrative and clerical workers moved into the second day of their legal strike position on Thursday without saying if they would begin rotating walkouts across the country.
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Controversial proposals to change the civil service pension and up the retirement age to 65 are published.
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Teachers, tax collectors, railway workers and other public servants went on strike Thursday in France to protest job losses and demand higher pay.
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Party risks wrath of teachers and nurses by vowing to reconsider pensions handed to public sector.
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French rail unions were to meet Monday to plan their next step after mounting a crippling two-day strike over President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to cut pension privileges for rail and energy workers.
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Postal staff went on strike Friday -- their first national walk-out in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and government plans to cut thousands of jobs at the semi-privatised Royal Mail.
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Government condemns surprise strike action over pay as 'illegal'.
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French civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike, as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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The nationwide public sector strike which began yesterday morning has already affected some 24,000 would-be international travelers.