Unions News

Nicosia - Cyprus is to hold a new vote on a privatisation bill hours before a deadline for the release of the next tranche of a 10-billion-euro bailout, after parliament rejected an initial draft.MPs failed to adopt a first version of the controversial bill in a...

Lansing - The proposed law grants businesses the ability to gain an injunction against anyone picketing their premises and imposes massive fines on protesters.

Frankfurt - Passengers were advised Friday not to bother turning up for flights at Frankfurt airport because of a one-day strike by security staff."We have asked passengers not to travel to the airport for now.

Frankfurt - Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt, is bracing for travel delays Friday due to a scheduled wage strike by security personnel, the airport's operator Fraport said."Due to strike action planned by security staff for Friday, February 21, flight disrupti...

Madrid - Spanish flag carrier Iberia said Wednesday it had reached a deal with its pilots to slash their salaries by at least 14 percent, part of its bid to return to profit.Iberia's roughly 1,400 pilots will see their salaries reduced by 14 percent, and possib...

Los Angeles - Now, the Oscar race for top prize may have become more clear. Filling out those ballots for many people will now include Alfonso Cuaron and "Gravity" simply because the Directors Guild of America (DGA) has picked him.

Madrid - Coca-Cola is looking to close four of its 11 bottling plants in Spain in a move that would affect 1,250 jobs, the company and the UGT union said.

Johannesburg - Two of the world's three leading platinum producers said they would begin shuttering operations Wednesday, the eve of a mass strike which owners fear could spark violence.

Washington - US tiremaker Goodyear has won a court battle after a US federal judge threw out a lawsuit by French workers fighting to keep their jobs by preventing a plant closure in Amiens.

Detroit - Sergio Marchionne will remain as the chief executive of Fiat and its US subsidiary Chrysler until at least 2017, Fiat chairman John Elkann said Monday.