Public sector strike hits France
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Thousands of teachers and other public service workers stage a one-day strike in France.
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French vintners staged protests in key wine-making regions Wednesday to press the government to help an industry they Growers and wine makers demonstrated in Bordeaux, Avignon, Angers, Macon, Nantes and several ...
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Trade unions in France aren't giving up their short work week without a fight. They gathered more than 300,000 people Sunday for marches in cities across France, to protest plans to chip-away at the 35-hour ...
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French commuters endured a second day of transport chaos Friday, as unions extended strikes against government plans to cut pension privileges for hundreds of thousands of rail and energy workers.
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Hundreds of thousands of French workers haven taken to the streets, challenging France's conservative government over reforms it says are vital to make the country more competitive in the world economy.
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Hundreds of thousands of civil servants go on strike in protest at looming job cuts.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Public sector workers yesterday staged the biggest strike in post-apartheid South Africa, closing down schools, forcing hospital patients to return home, and leaving only minimum staffing in prisons.
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Many schools are shut as thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for higher wages.
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Thousands of South African public sector workers start a one-day strike, protesting against the government's latest wage offer.
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Thousands of civil servants marched in cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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Tens of thousands of civil servants demonstrated around France on Thursday to protest job cuts and press for higher salaries in what the government dismissed as a "labor union ritual."
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COMMUTERS packed aboard the few trains running and surgeons handled only emergency operations as strikes over job cuts and pay disrupted rail services and hospitals throughout France yesterday.
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The nationwide public sector strike which began yesterday morning has already affected some 24,000 would-be international travelers.
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Union workers at Alcatel-Lucent  called on Wednesday for a strike in France on February 15 to protest against the restructuring at the telecoms equipment provider as they expect more job cuts than announced.
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French postal workers kicked off three days of strikes in the public sector Tuesday, as unions mount a challenge to the cautious liberalisation policies of President Jacques Chirac's centre-right government.
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French railway and energy workers kept up  the pressure on President Jacques Chirac's government on  Wednesday with strikes over working conditions that severely  reduced train traffic and curbed electricity output.
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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's first real test after five months in office comes at rush hour Thursday, with a strike disrupting flights, trains around Europe and stripping Paris of public transport _ all because of anger over plans to trim some retirement packages.