Portugal faces 'general strike'
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Portugal braces for strikes as unions protest against reforms aimed at making the economy more competitive.
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Portugal's prime minister and his cabinet may offer to resign on Saturday, a day after snap elections were called, news reports said.
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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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Up to 130,000 postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday.
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Millions of workers across Italy are expected to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Israeli unions began a nationwide  strike on Tuesday expected to affect about 400,000 public  sector workers and severely hamper international travel.
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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs. The proposed strike action would take place on 5 November and is in response to the proposed axing of over 100,000 jobs in the service.
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Nigeria's general strike is set to go ahead on Tuesday despite the government's decision to reduce the price of cooking fuel.
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Nigeria&#39;s labour unions threatened to toughen their stance and bring the country to a complete standstill on Friday for the third day of an indefinite general strike.
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Portugal&#39;s prime minister and his cabinet may offer to resign on Saturday, a day after snap elections were called, news reports said.
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South Africa's trade unions say they will call a general strike, unless the government improves its pay offer.
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A general strike in Guinea will end from Tuesday after President Lansana Conte agreed to demands to choose a new prime minister from a list proposed by opponents, union leaders said on Sunday.
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A general strike in Nigeria which has raised fears over oil supply from the world's seventh largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday, union leaders said.
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Lagos - Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union would go ahead with a general strike today amid confusion over the whereabouts of its leader following his detention by security agents, the blue-collar Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday.
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Supermarkets may be hit by strike action from a major food supplier embroiled in a pay dispute.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a potentially crippling general strike over a steep hike in petroleum prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters.