Strikes

FILE - Passengers wait for a train in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 11, 2024. Germany's state-owned main railway operator says that it and a union representing many train drivers have resumed talks in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay. It said Saturday, March 16, 2024 both sides are optimistic that they will achieve a result next week. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German railway operator resumes talks with train drivers’ union in a long dispute

A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay.

Members of the Oscars crew come out for a round of applause in appreciation for their support during the strike during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Oscars’ strikes tributes highlight solidarity, and the possible labor struggles to come

Lufthansa aircrafts are parked behind a fence at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Many of Germany's train drivers staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over working hours with the country's main railway operator, while a walkout by cabin crew at Lufthansa added to disruption for travelers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Another strike by German train drivers coincides with a walkout by Lufthansa cabin crew

Passengers wait for a train in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 11, 2024. German train drivers union GDL called for another strike starting early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A union for German train drivers calls for another strike in a bitter dispute over working hours

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

Brown and Drescher address new strike rumors

Speakijng at the Oscars, actor Sterling K. Brown and Fran Drescher discuss the possibility of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) calling for a new strike. (March 10)

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Kenyan doctors strike nationwide. Patients left unattended or turned away at public hospitals

Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care.

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Major French union threatens strikes during Olympics. Hospital workers could walk off the job

A major French union is warning of possible strikes in the public sector, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics.

Passengers wait at a Lufthansa check-in counter at Munich Airport, Germany, Thursday March 7. 2024. The Verdi trade union is paralyzing important parts of German air traffic on Thursday and Friday with renewed warning strikes by several professional groups. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Millions of train, air passengers are affected in Germany as union members go on strike again

Millions of travelers across Germany are being affected by strikes again after two unions called for two-day walkouts over wages and work conditions.

Massachusetts art museum workers strike over wages

Unionized workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art have gone on strike after no agreement was reached with the museum on wages.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The prolonged walkouts by junior doctors won't be tolerated, South Korea’s president said Wednesday, calling them "an illegal collective action" that threatens public health and shakes the country’s governing systems. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s president vows not to tolerate walkouts by junior doctors

South Korea’s president vows that he won’t tolerate the prolonged walkouts by junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health.

FILE - A Lufthansa aircraft is parked at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Two German unions on Monday again called on their members — German airline Lufthansa's ground staff and German rail operator's Deutsche Bahn train drivers — to go on strike this week following ongoing negotiations over wages and working conditions. Thousands of flights and trains are expected to be canceled Thursday and Friday — the two days that German train drivers’ union GDL and Ver.di called for the strikes. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Thousands of flights and trains will be canceled again this week in Germany with new strikes

Thousands of flights and trains are expected to be canceled again this week in Germany after two unions called for more strikes over wages and working conditions.

"Warning strike today" is written on posters at the entrance to the ViP depot (Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam) in Potsdam, Germany, Friday March 1, 2024. Local buses, subway trains and trams ground to a halt in much of Germany Friday at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees demanding better working conditions. (Georg Moritz/dpa via AP)

Local transport in much of Germany hit by strikes in a dispute over working conditions

Local buses, subway trains and trams have ground to a halt in much of Germany, at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees demanding better working conditions.

Six-packs of Bud Light, Budweiser and Michelob Ultra are displayed at a liquor store, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Fairfield, Calif. Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants. The union had threatened a strike at the brewer’s 12 U.S. plants if an agreement on a new five-year contract wasn’t reached by 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev reports better-than-expected Q4 earnings despite Bud Light backlash

Multinational beer and beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois and Corona, has reported a 7% increase in operating profit for last year, even as as sales sagged in the United States due to a decline in demand for Bud Light.

An Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC facility is seen, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants. The union had threatened a strike at the brewer’s 12 U.S. plants if an agreement on a new five-year contract wasn’t reached by 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters reach labor agreement that avoids US strike

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants.

Passengers sit at the Jorge Newbery airport after their flight was suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for improved wages. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Hundreds of flights canceled as Argentina’s air travel workers go on 24-hour strike

Hundreds of flights have been canceled and dozens more rescheduled in Argentina as unionized air travel workers go on a 24-hour strike nationwide to demand better wages, in the latest sign of social unrest in the South American country.

Labour unionist march on the streets to protest economic hardship in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Nigerian government workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday, that threatens to shut down key services across the country. Protestors are angry at the growing economic hardship with talks late Monday night breaking down to avert the walkout. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria’s union workers are on strike nationwide over soaring inflation and unmet promises

Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers have begun a new nationwide strike that threatens to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain.

FILE - The Eiffel Tower is pictured from the top of the Arc de Triomphe, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 in Paris. Visits to the Eiffel Tower were disrupted on Monday Feb.19, 2024 because of a strike over poor financial management of the monument that is one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File

The Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after a 6-day closure due to an employee strike

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day closure because of striking employees demanding better maintenance of the historic landmark, showing traces of rust, and salary hikes.

Eiffel Tower closed to visitors for third day as strikes continue

Striking workers again closed down the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, the third day running that the landmark expected to be at the heart of celebrations for the Paris Olympics has been off-limits to visitors.

Visitors stand at the closed gates leading to the Eiffel Tower, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 in Paris. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower were turned away for the second consecutive day because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics

Striking workers have again closed down the Eiffel Tower. It’s the third day running that the landmark expected to be at the heart of celebrations for the Paris Olympics has been off-limits to visitors.

South Korean Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min, center, speaks during a joint government briefing at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. South Korea on Wednesday officially ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately, a step that could lead to legal punishments if the doctors don't end their walkouts, which have caused numerous cancellations of surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean government warns striking doctors to return to work or face legal action

The South Korean government has warned thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately or face legal action after their collective walkouts caused cancellations of surgeries and disrupted other hospital operations.

Cancelled flights are displayed on a board in a terminal at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The trade union Verdi has once again called on Lufthansa ground staff to go on a warning strike. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

What’s behind Germany’s transport strikes that have stranded air, rail and bus travelers?

Thousands of travelers across Germany have found themselves stranded after ground staff walked off the job at seven of the country’s biggest airports.

Unions flags are pictured at the Eiffel Tower, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 in Paris. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower were turned away for the second consecutive day because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Eiffel Tower operator warns the landmark is closed as strike turns visitors away for a second day

A strike at the Eiffel Tower over poor financial management has turned away visitors for the second consecutive day.

A board advertises a strike at the Eiffel Tower Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 in Paris. Visits to the Eiffel Tower were disrupted on Monday Feb. 19, 2024 because of a strike over poor financial management of the monument, which is one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Strike at the Eiffel Tower closes one of the world’s most popular monuments to visitors

Visitors to the Eiffel Tower are being turned away because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world’s most-visited sites.

FILE - Lufthansa aircrafts are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A union has called on ground staff for Lufthansa at seven German airports to walk off the job for a day on Tuesday, following a similar strike earlier this month. The Ver.di union said Sunday that the strike will affect Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa's two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German labor union calls on Lufthansa ground staff to strike at 7 airports on Tuesday

A labor union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday following a similar strike earlier this month.

FILE - Workers assemble Ford trucks at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. The United Auto Workers union said Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, members will go on strike Feb. 23 at the Kentucky Truck Plant, Ford’s most profitable factory, if a local contract dispute is not resolved. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford’s huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute

The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford’s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language.

FILE - Striking Newton teachers and supporters display placards and chant during a rally, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, outside Newton City Hall, in Newton, Mass. According to an annual report published Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, from the Labor Action Tracker, a collaboration between researchers at Cornell University and the University of Illinois, those involved in work stoppages climbed 141% in 2023 — from 224,000 to 539,000 striking workers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Number of American workers hitting the picket lines more than doubled last year as unions flexed

Auto workers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for months. And healthcare, education and hospitality employees also withheld their labor while calling for improved pay and job conditions.

Rideshare drivers strike on Valentine’s Day at O’Hare International

Dozens of ride-hailing workers participated in a strike on Valentine’s Day at O’Hare Airport, calling for higher pay and better working conditions. (Feb. 14)

Flight attendants and a pilot protest at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines are picketing and holding rallies at 30 airports on Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Flight attendants are holding airport rallies to protest the lack of new contracts and pay raises

Flight attendants for major U.S. airlines are holding rallies at airports around the country to push for higher pay. Tuesday’s protests are not, however, a strike.

FILE - Junior doctor members of the BMA (British Medical Association) join the picket line at the University College Hospital in London, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are set to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Thousands of doctors in England to strike again as health likely to become a key UK election issue

Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis.

File - United Auto Workers members walk the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Sept. 26, 2023. Ford Motor Co. swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter due to a large accounting charge on pension plans and the effects of a six-week strike at multiple factories by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Ford)

Ford posts $523 million 4Q net loss on accounting charge for pensions but beats analyst estimates

Ford says it swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter. That was due to a large accounting charge on pension plans and the effects of a six-week strike at multiple factories by the United Auto Workers union.

Crewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’

A crewmember who was working on the Marvel Studios series “Wonder Man” has died following an accident on set.

FILE - Members of the Culinary Workers Union rally along the Las Vegas Strip, Aug. 10, 2023, in Las Vegas. The union representing hospitality workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with six more hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas and called off a strike deadline for another. The agreements averted a Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 morning walkout threat at several near-Strip and downtown properties as the city kicks off Super Bowl week. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)

Strike averted as culinary union settles with Las Vegas hotel-casinos before Super Bowl week

A union representing hospitality workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with six more hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas and called off a strike deadline for another.

FILE - A person walks near parked Lufthansa aircrafts at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 26, 2023. A union has called on Lufthansa's ground staff to walk off the job for a day on Wednesday in a pay dispute, the latest of several transport strikes in the country. The Ver.di union said Monday it is calling on ground staff for the German airline at Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin and Duesseldorf airports to strike from 4 a.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Union calls for Lufthansa ground staff at major German airports to strike on Wednesday

A union has called on Lufthansa’s ground staff to walk off the job for a day on Wednesday in a pay dispute, the latest of several transport strikes in the country.

FILE - Striking Newton teachers and supporters display placards and chant during a rally, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, outside Newton City Hall, in Newton, Mass. An 11-day teachers strike in the Boston suburb ended late Friday, Feb. 2, after both sides tentatively agreed on a new contract. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Boston-area teachers reach tentative contract agreement after 11-day strike

An 11-day strike by teachers in a Boston suburb has ended after their union and the school district tentatively agreed on a new contract.

Subway trains are parked in a subway depot in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, as employees of public transport in Germany went on a one-day warning strike. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Local transport in Germany hit by walkouts in a dispute over working conditions

Local buses, trams and subway trains were canceled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks.