Miners protest at German plans to shut down coal mines
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More than 10,000 German miners halted work in protest at government plans to shut down German coal mines by 2018 and calls by the regional premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state, where most of the mines are situated, for an even earlier phase-out date.
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As Chancellor Angela Merkel  seeks to convince world leaders to cut greenhouse gases at a G8  summit this week, one of the biggest brown coal-fired power  plants ever built is taking shape in this depressed town.
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Tens of thousands of people hit the streets of several German cities Monday to protest looming cuts in unemployment benefits, continuing a series of weekly protests against government reforms.
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Tens of thousands of Germans hit the streets again, particularly in the poorer east, in protest against the government's job market reforms, ahead of two key state elections this weekend.
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Workers at wood processing plants of the forest company UPM have threatened to go on strike for a few days to protest the planned implementation of job cuts in the company.
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German unions on Thursday called for a  consumer boycott of Nokia (NOK1V.HE) products to protest  against the cellphone maker's plans to close a German plant.
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ROSTOCK, Germany  - Tens of thousands of anti-globalization protesters converge on the Baltic port of Rostock on Saturday to voice their distaste for the policies of the world's leading industrial countries.
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Mexico's mine union said 90 percent of the country's mines and metals plants were shut on Monday as workers took part in a one-day national strike in memory of 65 men killed by coal shaft explosion a year ago.
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Thousands of demonstrators brought protests against benefit cuts to the German capital yesterday, but the Government insisted it would make no further change to measures it sees as key to a more competitive economy.
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More than 90,000 people, according to organisers, hit the streets of several German cities Monday to protest looming cuts in unemployment benefits, continuing a series of weekly protests against government reforms.
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BOCHUM, Germany  - Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests Tuesday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other factories to stop production.
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Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests Tuesday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other factories to stop production.
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Striking train drivers brought parts of Germany's rail network to a standstill on Tuesday, backing their demands for a large pay increase with a walkout that affected tens of thousands of commuters.
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Spanish shipyard workers blockaded traffic in the northwestern port of Ferrol as thousands rallied to protest plans to part-privatise shipyards threatened by bankruptcy.
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Twenty militants from the global environmental group Greenpeace protested in Bucharest against a Canadian open-air mining project in the Rosia Montana region of central Romania.
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BOCHUM, Germany Thousands of General Motors employees at its European factories are staging protests to fight what they call &quot;bad management.
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Tens of thousands of Germans are expected on the streets of Berlin today for the latest of a series of demonstration which the organisers say will continue until the government withdraws its plans to cut social benefit payments.