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In Union Strongholds, Residents Wrestle With Cuts
By not in system - AOL NewsRACINE, Wis. -- There once was a time when Harry and Nancy Harrington -- their teenage children in tow -- walked the picket line outside the nursing home where she was a medical aide, protesting the lack of a pension plan for the unionized work force. But those days of family solidarity are gone. Harry now blames years of union demands for an exodus of manufacturing jobs from this blue-collar city on the shore of Lake Michigan. He praises new Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for attempting to strip public employee unions of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights. And he wishes police ...
Strikes, Violent Protests Cripple Greek Capital
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece (Dec. 15) -- Hundreds of baton-wielding protesters clashed with police here today, hurling firebombs at a soaring building housing the Greek Finance Ministry and marring a massive protest against austerity measures. The clashes morphed out of a protest march that gripped the Greek capital as tens of thousands of workers went on strike, railing against moves to liberalize the country's labor market and slash salaries at public corporations. Hooded protesters -- some wearing ski goggles, others equipped with gas masks -- pelted riot police with stones and petrol bombs before ...
Spanish Air Traffic Controllers Strike, Crippling Travel
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyA few months back European airports were clogged with desperate travelers stuck for days due to the unexpectedly devastating cloud of volcanic ash drifting from Iceland. Only Spanish airports offered routes out for trans-Atlantic travelers. Good thing it wasn't this week. Today a massive strike of air traffic controllers crippled Spanish air travel. The strike completely shut down travel into and out of Madrid-Barajas airport -- a central hub in the capital city -- as well as the airspace over the holiday islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, and Menorca, a trio known as the Balaeric islands. Flights ...
BBC Disrupted as Workers Strike Over Pension Cuts
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Nov. 5) -- Thousands of staffers went on strike today at the British Broadcasting Corp., knocking several flagship shows off the air and disrupting international radio programming. The mainstay of British television and radio was forced to transmit prerecorded shows on several of its channels, with Radio 4's popular "Today" news show among several canceled programs, Reuters reported. Ben Stansall, AFP / Getty Images BBC staff members hold placards on a picket line outside the Television Centre in west London on Friday. Thousands of BBC journalists in Britain walked out Friday in a 48-hour ...
Nicolas Sarkozy Doubles Down on the French
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News
(Oct. 21) -- As nationwide strikes over pension reforms in France enter their seventh day, half of the country's gas stations have run out of gas, and even Lady Gaga was forced to cancel planned concerts in Paris. The French Senate is scheduled to vote on controversial reforms that would raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, sometime Friday or this weekend. At the eye of the storm is France's maverick president, Nicolas Sarkozy, 55, who appears every bit as determined as the country's activist unions to push through change in a country notoriously resistant to it. AOL News spoke with Peter ...
France Faces 'Real' Terror Threat, Saudis Warn
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Oct. 18) -- France has been warned of a "real" new terror threat, the country's interior minister says. The intelligence comes from Saudi officials, who reported threats from al-Qaida members in the Arabian Peninsula. "Several days ago the Saudi services alerted their European counterparts that there was a terrorist threat on the continent, notably in France," Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Sunday in a joint radio and television interview, CNN reported. "The threat is real and our vigilance is intact," he said. Jacques Brinon, AP Soldiers patrol at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on ...
Labor Unrest Fuels Strikes, Protests Across Europe
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- Workers across Europe took part in coordinated actions to protest government austerity measures, shutting down much transport in Spain and filling the streets of Brussels with tens of thousands of marchers. Spain's first general strike in eight years left few buses running in Madrid and about half of underground trains out of service, Reuters said. The government said an agreement with unions guaranteed minimum service. Sky News reported that Iberia, Spain's largest airline, expected only a third of its scheduled flights to take place. Unions claimed that more than half of ...
Strikes Hobble Commuters in France and London
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS (Sept. 7) -- Strikes hobbled public transit across France and in London on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over government austerity measures. French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, cutting service on trains, planes, buses and subways. Post offices and schools also shut down. Across the English Channel, millions struggled to get to work and tourists hurriedly revamped their travel plans as a strike by London Underground workers ...
Greek Riots Leave Tourists Stranded
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece (June 29) -- Greece's battered tourism reputation took a fresh beating today as hundreds of angry dock workers blockaded fleets of ferries bound for Aegean islands and thousands of protesters took to the streets to protest controversial labor and pension reforms. The strike action, staged by the country's two biggest labor unions, was the latest outburst of the social unrest that has simmered since the government announced sweeping austerity measures earlier this year, committing to even tighter reforms last month in exchange for a multi-billion-dollar bailout package from the ...
Spirit Airlines Cancels Flights Through Tuesday
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (June 13) -- Spirit Airlines is canceling all of its flights through Tuesday, stranding thousands more passengers as a pilot's strike continues into its second day. The discount carrier said on its website Sunday that all Spirit Airlines flights have been cancelled through June 15. Spirit pilots walked off the job Saturday amid an ongoing contract dispute with the airline that has lasted for more than three years. Spirit pilots have said their pay lags behind competitors such as AirTran Airways and JetBlue. "None of the planes are moving and none of our pilots have ...
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