Unions defeat Labour on rail vote
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The unions defeat Labour in a party conference vote on rail  renationalisation, the BBC has learned.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards won trade union backing on Monday from steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in declared union support, his campaign said.
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Transport strike keeps broad-based incomes talks at standstill The deadline for a broad-based incomes agreement is being pushed back by the ongoing transport strike.
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Opposition Labor party leader Mark Latham gestures as he concedes defeat of general election Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in Sydney. John Howards conservative coalition party the Liberals, won a fourth consecutive term in power.
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Planned strikes by baggage  handlers at Stansted Airport are called off after workers voted to resolve the dispute.
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The Scottish government is set to back a new Forth crossing but faces defeat over other transport schemes.
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Eurostar workers vote in favour of strikes over pay and threaten disruptions during the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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Workers who refuel planes at Heathrow airport today began a 48-hour strike after rejecting a two-year pay offer. Around 40 members of the Transport and General Workers Union walked out in the early hours of this morning after turning down the deal.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has lost a key vote which would have seen the dovish Labour Party join the government coalition and salvage his Gaza disengagement plan.
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Hundreds of guards and drivers at rail operator First Great Western vote to go on strike, it is announced.
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Workers on London's underground railway on Friday averted New Year's Eve travel chaos by calling off a planned strike after reaching a deal with managers over hours, pay and conditions, a union spokesman said.
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A New Year&#39;s Eve strike planned by London Underground signal workers has been called off after managers agreed to a bumper pay deal.
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Ratification of the tentative labor contract between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC was thrown into jeopardy on Monday after workers at four of the eight assembly plants that must vote on the deal rejected it.
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Ratification of the tentative labor  contract between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC  was thrown into jeopardy on Monday after workers at four of the  eight assembly plants that must vote on the deal rejected it.
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London commuters battled severe transport disruption to get to work Tuesday as unions staged a second day of strikes on the capital&#39;s underground system.
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Workers at German car firm Opel vote to continue strike action against parent firm GM's plans to cut 12,000 European jobs.
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Striking rail staff hobbled train service across Germany Tuesday as trade unions fought for a better wage deal from state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn.