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International
2/16/2023 9:30:29 PM
The ranks of marchers were thinner during a new wave of strikes and protests in France Thursday against an unpopular pension reform, but unions put the accent on a planned March 7 general strike which they hope will bring the country to its knees.
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World
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International
1/29/2023 5:06:24 PM
France's prime minister insisted Sunday that the government's plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is "no longer negotiable,'' further angering parliamentary opponents and unions who plan new mass protests and disruptive strikes this week.
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Business
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Economy
1/24/2023 1:14:13 PM
Thousands of ambulance workers held another strike across England and Wales on Monday, in escalating industrial action as unions called the government to hold talks on improving pay and conditions.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/10/2023 10:18:43 PM
Tunisia is facing continuing political and economic instability with the country’s opposition parties calling for demonstrations and unions calling for a series of strikes,
reports Karam Said
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World
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International
1/10/2023 10:03:04 PM
French trade unions called for strikes and protests Tuesday after President Emmanuel Macron's government announced plans to raise the retirement age, setting the stage for a bitter fight and weeks of disruption.
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Region
1/10/2023 5:23:58 PM
The UK government on Tuesday introduced proposals to make "minimum safety levels" compulsory during strikes, prompting angry unions to accuse ministers of "criminalising" industrial action and threaten legal challenges.
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World
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International
1/9/2023 6:31:40 PM
UK trade unions branded talks Monday with the government to discuss pay rise demands across the public and private sector "disappointing", as workers prepare to stage the latest in months of damaging strikes.
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World
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International
1/6/2023 2:49:41 PM
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday urged public-sector unions to hold talks with the government next week as a wave of strikes hits hospitals, railways, and other critical areas.
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World
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International
12/18/2022 9:00:00 PM
The British government said Sunday it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas.
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World
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International
11/30/2022 9:31:13 PM
The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.
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World
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International
11/8/2022 10:23:55 PM
Labour unions have called a major one-day strike which threatens to paralyse Paris public transport Thursday, the latest industrial action to demand relief from the French government over soaring prices.
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International
10/18/2022 4:08:06 PM
As the sun beat down on Tuesday on the English seaside resort of Brighton, gathering union leaders warned of mass winter strikes in the face of Britain's cost-of-living crisis.
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World
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International
10/17/2022 5:20:00 PM
France on Monday braced for nationwide transport strike action as the government and unions remained in deadlock over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages.
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World
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International
9/29/2022 7:50:47 PM
The French government vowed on Thursday to push through pension reform by the end of the winter despite opposition from unions which launched a first major day of strikes.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/4/2022 3:35:16 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Sunday that his call for a national dialogue is meant to bring together all intellectuals, unions, and political parties except one faction that resorted to killing, in reference to the terrorist-designated Muslim Brotherhood group.
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World
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Region
6/23/2022 1:54:37 PM
The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for a new loan to bail out the country's struggling economy.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/14/2022 8:10:13 PM
Egypt’s Justice Party (‘El-Adl’) announced on Tuesday that it will sponsor the ‘Second Workers’ Conference’ in Alexandria on Friday in preparation for the national dialogue that is scheduled for July.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/18/2022 9:15:10 PM
Germany's employers and unions have joined together in opposing an immediate European Union ban on natural gas imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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International
3/29/2022 11:58:29 AM
Hundreds of workers marched with the red flags of the labor unions and chanted anti-government slogans in India's capital on Tuesday as part of a two-day nationwide strike that began Monday.
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World
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Region
1/13/2022 3:13:00 PM
Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon on Thursday as a general strike by public transportation and labour unions paralyzed the crisis-hit Mideast nation.
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