France faces public sector strike
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France braces for three days of strikes expected to cause massive disruption in the public sector.
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Airbus unions in France on Friday ordered a one-day strike for next week to protest planned job cuts and plant disposals at the European aircraft maker.
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Unions consider strike calls over plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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Hundreds of thousands of civil servants go on strike in protest at looming job cuts.
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South African civil servants staged an indefinite nationwide strike over pay on Friday, causing turmoil in hospitals and emptying classrooms in a mass action the government fears could hurt the economy.
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France faced transport disruptions on  Saturday in some regions and a limited underground service in  Paris as a nationwide strike over pensions tailed off.
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PRETORIA - An estimated 800000 public servants are expected to take to the streets today in what has been billed the biggest strike in South Africa&#39;s history.
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Hundreds of thousands of French people took part in demonstrations across the country to protest against government plans to reform the 35-hour work week.
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French teachers went on strike on Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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Nearly 300,000 civil servants are to be balloted on the first strike throughout Whitehall for more than a decade, action which could bring virtually all government services to a halt.
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MILLIONS of workers across Italy were today due to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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France braced for protests after 'brutal' clean-up.
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Striking transport workers shut down most  of France's rail network on Thursday in a protest over  pensions, posing the biggest test yet of President Nicolas  Sarkozy's ability to push through economic reforms.
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French postal workers began a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, starting three days of industrial unrest which puts the spotlight on discontent with President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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Portugal is braced for strikes as unions protest against reforms aimed at making the economy more competitive.
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A French railway strike began, which will bring chaos for train travellers nationwide, as rail unions joined a rolling campaign of stoppages in the public sector.
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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.