Coalition agreement signed, Labor to take key portfolios
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Amid developing plans for a new government, the leaders of four centrist and left-of-center parties signed a coalition agreement on Nov.
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Workers represented by the United Auto Workers voted to ratify a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union announced on Saturday, capping a close-fought ratification battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.
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Israelâs Labour Party voted today to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs ruling coalition, a move that makes it easier for the Israeli leader to implement his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced yesterday that if senior coalition partner Shinui makes good on its threat to quit the government - as they have threatened - then he will immediately start negotiating with Labor to take its place, and will consider
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Coalition negotiating teams of the Likud and Labor Parties agreed today that Peres will become Israel&#39;s first-ever &quot;Associate Prime Minister&quot; and the senior minister in the government after the Prime Minister.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party approves inviting the dovish Labor Party into a coalition government.
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The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday agreed a contract with General Motors Corp ending a national strike by 73,000 workers, with a deal that includes a groundbreaking health-care trust fund.
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Israel's opposition Labour party has  clinched a deal with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party  to join his coalition, a move that could push forward his Gaza  pullout plan, Israeli media reported on Friday.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. and its two largest labor unions reached tentative agreements yesterday on contracts affecting more than 20,000 employees nationwide, company and union leaders said.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would
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Italian carrier Alitalia signed an agreement Wednesday with the government and labor unions over layoffs at the airline, the final hurdle in long negotiations for ensuring the company's survival.
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Postal union leaders agree a deal aimed at solving a dispute over pay and conditions.
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MANCHESTER, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain yesterday handed over leadership of the Labor Party to his finance minister, Gordon Brown, who pledged that Britain would "meet our international obligations" in Afghanistan and the Middle East but called for going beyond military solutions to combating terrorism.
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The James Hardie company has signed an initial agreement for the largest personal injury settlement in Australian history. Australian Council Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Greg Combet is outlining the deal to rallying workers.
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Teck Cominco (TCKb.TO) and the union  representing workers at its Highland Valley copper mine in  British Columbia have reached a tentative labor contract, the  union said on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s opposition Labour Party has agreed to join a coalition with Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party, a move seen as safeguarding the prime minister&#39;s vow to withdraw from Gaza.