California officials reject subsidies for Musk’s SpaceX over Tesla spat
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk speaks at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew…
German cabin crew union plans further strikes at Lufthansa
FILE PHOTO: A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800 aircraft lands at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo…
Fired Zimbabwe state doctors reject offer to return to work
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe state doctors who were fired for going on strike have rejected a government offer to return…
Finnair cancels 276 flights as unions join solidarity strike
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s national airline Finnair (FIA1S.HE) said on Sunday it was forced to cancel 276 flights scheduled for…
Acting UAW head to examine ‘every inch’ of union in scandal’s wake
DETROIT (Reuters) – The acting head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Wednesday that he will examine every…
UAW union president takes leave of absence under cloud of U.S. federal probe
DETROIT (Reuters) – The president of the United Auto Workers union, who has been linked here to an ongoing corruption…
UAW turns to Ford after GM workers approve new contract
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union said on Friday it has chosen Ford Motor Co (F.N) as the…
UAW, GM leaders have a deal to end strike, now workers will decide
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative deal on Wednesday for…
UAW sees ‘good progress’ on key issues to try to resolve GM strike
Striking United Auto Worker (UAW) member Steve Donagan carries his daughter Regina while walking the strike line with his wife…
Talks between UAW and GM take ‘turn for the worse’: union official
DETROIT (Reuters) – Talks for a new four-year labor contract between General Motors Co (GM.N) and its striking workers took…
Main issues in UAW-GM labor talks narrow to wages, pensions: source
FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during…
Exclusive: GM and UAW union making progress in talks for new labor deal – sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) and the union that represents its 48,000 striking hourly workers in the United…
GM and UAW union making progress in talks for new labor deal: sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) and the union that represents its 48,000 striking hourly workers in the United…
Chipotle faces more labor complaints at New York City stores
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is facing fresh claims that it violated New York City’s labor laws…
UAW-GM picket lines become 2020 U.S. presidential campaign battleground
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is scheduled to join United Auto Workers members on a picket line…
Ryanair Spanish cabin crew unions threaten 10 days of strikes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Unions representing Ryanair (RYA.I) cabin crew in Spain on Wednesday announced plans to hold 10 days of…
Ryanair Irish pilots back industrial action as unrest spreads
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair’s (RYA.I) directly employed pilots in Ireland on Friday voted in favor of industrial action unless pay…
Ryanair Irish pilot union to decide on strike ballot next week
FILE PHOTO: Passengers disembark a Ryanair flight at Dublin International Airport in Dublin, Ireland. Aug 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay DUBLIN…
UAW president to GM: We invested in you, now invest in us
DETROIT (Reuters) – The UAW and General Motors Co (GM.N) on Tuesday formally kicked off contract talks, with the union’s…
Amazon rivals ride on Prime Day marketing as protests unfold
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s Prime Day is now a major marketing opportunity and shopping event in the annual…
Italian report reveals basis for revoking Atlantia road concession: source
FILE PHOTO: A logo of the Atlantia Group is seen outside their headquarters in Rome, Italy August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro…
VW’s Tennessee workers vote against union representation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Reuters) – Workers at Volkswagen AG’s assembly plant in the state of Tennessee narrowly voted against union representation,…
Court grants American Airlines’ request to end ‘devastating’ slowdown by unions
FILE PHOTO: American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX jets sit parked at a facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., May 10, 2019.…
Local labor laws apply to Ryanair employees: Belgian court
FILE PHOTO: Ryanair logo is pictured on the the jacket of a cabin crew member ahead of a news conference…
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as extradition bill protests turn to chaos
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on…
Prosecutors investigate VW works council boss in pay inquiry
FILE PHOTO: Bernd Osterloh, head of VW’s works council, poses for the media at a production line at the Volkswagen…
Ride-hailing drivers in New York to strike ahead of Uber IPO
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s drivers in New York will go on strike next week shortly before the…
SAS grounds more flights as pilot strike continues
STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for Sunday as a pilot strike entered its second…
In South Korea’s struggling Kia Town, ‘bad jobs’ better than no jobs
GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Park Byung-kyu once led Kia Motor’s union in the city of Gwangju, fighting for labor…
Southwest Airlines readies Hawaii flights in West Coast push
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co will soon begin flying to Hawaii from California, as part of the budget-friendly carrier’s push…
Southwest shares drop as mechanics dispute escalates
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co’s shares fell more than 5 percent on Wednesday after the low-cost U.S. carrier said it…
GM to slash jobs and production, drawing Trump’s ire
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Monday it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North…
Ryanair CEO says sees no growth in Germany in 2019
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) does not expect to grow in Germany next year, after closing its bases in the…
Knorr-Bremse discloses dispute with Bosch in IPO prospectus
MUNICH (Reuters) – German brake maker Knorr-Bremse has disclosed a contractual dispute with Robert Bosch GmbH ahead of a stock…
For Greece’s austerity-hit elderly, bailout will never end
ATHENS (Reuters) – With two euros in his pocket, Yorgos Vagelakos, an 81-year-old retired factory worker, scouts the farmer’s market…
Strike-hit Ryanair warns of job losses as cuts Dublin fleet
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) has told more than 300 pilots and cabin crew that they risk losing their jobs…
Ryanair says biggest-ever strike to ground 600 flights next week
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair is to cancel more than 12 percent of its flights for two days next week in…
UAW accuses Musk of threatening Tesla workers over unionization
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has filed a complaint accusing Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk…
Facebook users unite! ‘Data Labour Union’ launches in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Activists in Amsterdam on Wednesday launched the ‘Datavakbond’ or “data labor union”, which hopes to elect leaders…
U.S. top court backs companies over worker class-action claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies…
Aiming for clearer skies: Air France-KLM to name interim CEO on Tuesday
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM’s (AIRF.PA) board meets on Tuesday morning to appoint an interim chief executive for the Franco-Dutch…
GM Korea cancels news briefing as temporary workers storm venue
BUPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) South Korean unit canceled a news conference on Monday after a…
Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said on Friday he would resign after staff rejected a pay…
Union chief upbeat on prospects for deal in German wage talks
POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) – Negotiators for both Germany’s public sector unions and employers signaled a willingness to compromise at the…
German interior minister rejects union’s six percent wage demand
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Saturday he would press for “reasonable results” in the next…
Volkswagen rushed revamp triggers labor concern: sources
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Labor representatives at Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) are concerned by a sudden rush by the German carmaker’s board to…