Workers strike over Airbus cuts
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More Airbus workers go on strike in protest at the firm's restructuring plans, which include 10,000 job cuts.
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Airbus trade unions decided to call on all French employees of the European aircraft maker to respect a one-hour work stoppage on Tuesday to protest restructuring plans for the group, a trade union source told AFP.
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A French trade union threatened on Monday to halt production of aircraft by Airbus if the board did not redistribute cutbacks between Germany and France.
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Planemaker Airbus will announce on  Wednesday plans to axe 10,000 jobs in four European countries,  but will force contractors to share the pain of cuts which  could provoke labor unrest, industry sources said.
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German and French employees of Airbus demonstrate amid fears of cutbacks at the planemaker.
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Planemaker Airbus will announce on Wednesday plans to axe 10,000 jobs in four European countries, but will force contractors to share the pain of cuts which could provoke labor unrest, industry sources said.
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TOULOUSE, France - Troubled planemaker Airbus confirmed 10,000 job cuts and announced plans to sell all or part of six factories on Wednesday, as workers protested and ...Comment
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Millions of workers joined a general strike in Italy yesterday against the economic policies of Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s centre-Right government.
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Unions representing the pilots, flight attendants and ground staff of the troubled Italian airline Alitalia have called a four-hour strike for Monday.
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A strike at a General Motors Corp. plant in Germany began to squeeze the company's European production yesterday as a lack of parts halted two other factories, while thousands of workers rallied against GM's plan to cut up to 12,000 jobs across the continent.
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TOULOUSE, France  - European plane maker Airbus will sell all or part of six of its 16 production sites and slash 10,000 jobs at the company and its suppliers as part of a restructuring plan to cut costs and deal with the decline of the dollar, a leading trade union said.
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British 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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Airbus chief Louis Gallois hit back at unions fighting cutbacks, warning on Wednesday that the group had to slim down urgently because the star A380 superjumbo was guzzling cash.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Airbus workers downed tools and staged protests as a company shake-up due later on Wednesday was expected to confirm plans for factory sales and thousands of job cuts.
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The government and trade union officials voiced disappointment at the decision by European aircraft maker Airbus on Wednesday to slash 1,600 jobs over the next four years.
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Airbus, seeking to reverse its fortunes after a crushing year, faced a bruising battle Wednesday in presenting a plan expected to include massive job losses across Europe and the sale of a number of plants.
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Job cuts at Airbus may be up for debate at a company board meeting, a union at the planemaker warns.