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The company scrapped a 30-year-old labor agreement in September, which opened the way for layoffs, while it has also proposed closing factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history.
IG Metall said the walkouts were the first large-scale strikes Volkswagen had faced since 2018, when 50,000 workers idled plants over pay. Although the latest work stoppages will last only a few ...
The one-day strike by the Ver.di labor union, which runs until 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, affects several hundred flights at airports in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s main hubs, as well as Berlin ...
1980 Berlin S-Bahn strike; 1980 West German journalists strike, by journalists in West Germany demanding a 40-hour work week. [10] 1984 West Germany metalworkers' strike, 7-week strike by metalworkers in West Germany, represented by IG Metall, calling for the introduction of a 35-hour work week. [11] [12]
The 2023 German public transport strike was a nationwide labor strike that occurred in March 2023 in Germany. The strike was organized by Ver.di and EVG, two major transport unions, who demanded a 10.5% pay increase for their members to offset rising food and energy costs.
Lufthansa said ahead of the strike that it expected to be able to operate around 10-20% of all planned flights. Germany's Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as its ground staff strike for a day ...
The 1984 West Germany metalworkers' strike was a strike by metalworkers in West Germany from 14 May to 1 July 1984. [1] The metalworkers and their union IG Metall sought introduction of a 35-hour work week. Lasting seven weeks, one of the largest and longest strikes in West German history, the strike cost the German automobile industry over ...
Striking railway workers in Germany kept much of the country's train service suspended Thursday as they continued their nationwide work stoppage for a second day. The strike also put many cargo ...