strikes

BRUSSELS—Around 70,000 Belgian workers marched through Brussels on Monday demanding government action to tackle sharply rising living costs, as one-day strikes at Brussels Airport and on local transport networks nationwide ...

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Sunday accused the unions of "gunning" for crippling rail strikes that he said ...

SEOUL—South Korean truckers were on strike for a sixth day on Sunday after talks with the government failed ...

Strikes by London Underground drivers will go ahead from Friday after talks failed to resolve a row over ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Thousands of people at 22 locations throughout northern California participated in 24-hour sympathy strikes on Nov. ...

About 10,000 striking workers at Deere & Co. will vote again on Wednesday to approve or reject a ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israeli troops massed at Gaza's border on May 13 and Palestinian militants pounded Israel with rockets in intense ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas military wing in an airstrike on Gaza on Wednesday ...

About 3,000 villagers from Burma's (also known as Myanmar) southeastern Karen state fled to Thailand on Sunday following ...

When wildfires rage, hurricanes bear down, floodwaters rise, and that big earthquake finally strikes, at this time it's ...

Tensions between China and India are high following the outbreak of a violent border conflict in mid-June. India ...

Ordinarily, people face far greater punishment each time they are caught committing another crime. Federal sentences for recidivists ...

Registered nurses (RN) have decided to go on strike in fourteen U.S. states for being on the frontlines ...

With less than a month to go before the FIFA World Cup, Brazil has once again been shaken ...

Musicians with the San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday after a stalemate was reached in a contract ...

In New York City, School bus drivers could strike any day over what they call unfair changes to ...

A brief recap of the major 2012 news stories taking place around the U.S.

Mediated negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX) are going ...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will begin province-wide one-day rotating strikes to protest Bill 115.

Flight attendants with US Airways voted to enact a strike, said union representatives Tuesday.

A man was killed Thursday morning during a protest held by striking platinum miners at a facility operated ...

Businesses, government offices, schools, and the transportation sector were shut down across India on Thursday due to a ...

More students in Hong Kong gathered for a strike on Tuesday in an attempt to decisively kill the ...

Chicago teachers and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) were close to resolving their disagreements by late Thursday, but school ...

Job security, evaluation procedures, benefits, and classroom conditions are key to the strike, while pay is not as ...

Workers have protested for their wages in southern China as the economy slows.

Sri Lanka shut down its universities for an indefinite period of time after teaching staff organized a strike, ...