Labour Strike

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Labour Strike

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

UAE hard-hats launch historic strike

Laborers of the United Arab Emirates-based construction giant Arabtec are staging a strike to express discontent over their low salaries.Arabtec issued a statement saying that a number of workers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi observed the strike for a second ... [Published Press tv - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, United Arab Emirates, Workers, Persian Gulf

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Arabtec Holding PJSC

Dubai's Arabtec says projects unaffected by labour strike

Arabtec, Dubai's largestconstruction firm, said on Tuesday that it was working withauthorities in the United Arab Emirates to resolve a labourdispute and that its projects delivery schedule would not beaffected by the action.Thousands of workers have ... [Published Reuters - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Arabtec Holding PJSC, Labour Strike, Dubai

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Argentina’s Main Grains Ports Paralyzed By Labor Strike

BUENOS AIRES, May 20 (Reuters) – Port workers in Argentina’s main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages on Monday, a local union spokesman said, slowing exports from the world’s No. 1 soymeal and soyoil supplier. Wage strikes are common ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Argentina, Labour Strike, Ports

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

UC Davis Medical Center reduces, delays services because of strike

patients will see a delay, reduction in some services because of an anticipated union strike. patients will see a delay, reduction in some services because of an anticipated union strike. The anticipated strike by unionized hospital workers at Medical ... [Published KCRA.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: American Federation of State, County and Munici..., University of California Davis, Patient, Labour Strike, Workers

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Blog: Land of the Laid Off

Since I was 15, I've never not had a job. I've worked at some crazy places. I've had good waitstaff jobs. I've been good at bar tending. I've done my own initiatives, and I've worked for corporations. Now, in middle age, I face my first time without a ... [Published Perkiomen Valley Patch - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Labour Strike, Layoffs, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), Stamp

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Bolivia: Social Movements Take to Streets, Rejecting Union Strike

20 de mayo de 2013, 13:10La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Unions and social organizations took the streets today to reject the strike that has kept the country on standby for 15 days.Workers, mainly peasants, women and Aymara alternative groups responded ... [Published Prensa Latina - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Labour Strike, Bolivia, El Alto (Bolivia), Alvaro Garcia Linera

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

South African Reserve Bank

S.Africa expected to keep interest rates on hold this week

* Most economists see rates on hold for all of 2013 * Slow growth less concerning than rising inflation * Repo rate expected to rise only in 2014 By Xola Potelwa JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - Interest rates in South Africa are set to stay at 5 percent ... [Published Sharenet - 16 hours ago]

Entities: South African Reserve Bank, Rate Cut, Inflation, Peter Worthington, South Africa

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 reports

UAE construction giant faces rare labor strike

United Arab Emirates-based construction company Arabtec says it's working to resolve a rare strike by laborers seeking higher wages. ... [Published Omaha World-Herald - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Labour Strike, United Arab Emirates, Construction

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Will the USD lose "safe haven" status?

With equities rallying, will the USD lose its position as the "safe haven" of choice?Financial markets are tracking higher in Europe although low volumes due to it being Whit Day across the mainland, lack of economic data from both sides of the Atlantic ... [Published Forex Cycle - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Mining, Safe Haven, US Dollar, Labour Strike, Federal Reserve System

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Rare labour strike in Dubai

Employees are upset at the low wages and non-payment of overtime ... [Published Bdnews24.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Labour Strike, Dubai

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Strike-ridden THY posts Q1 sales lift

Turkish Airlines (THY), which has been facing a labor strike since May 15, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013.The company posted 3.6 billion Turkish Liras in sale revenues, with a 28 percent increase in comparison to the same ... [Published Turkish Daily - May 19 2013]

Entities: Workers, Collective Bargaining, Labour Strike, Turkish Airlines-Türk Hava Yolları AO

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Germany's IG Metall Union Strikes Wage Deal

FRANKFURT--Germany's powerful IG Metall industrial union has agreed to a staggered wage deal in a key state, which will see wages in the metals and electrical engineering industries rise 5.6% over the next 20 months.The agreement in the southern German ... [Published Nasdaq - May 15 2013]

Entities: IG Metall Union, Labour Strike, Germany

Quotes

"Arabtec reiterates that project delivery timelines have and will not be affected."

Dubai's Arabtec says projects unaffected by labour strike [Published Reuters - 3 hours ago]

"There are protests every day and people throwing Molotov cocktails" said Abdou. "This political chaos is reflected in the stock market."

Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market [Published Macon Telegraph - 20 hours ago]

"You're output is a function of your input," she said. "Every company nowadays in the global world is dependent on their supply chain on the delivery of raw materials and parts to manufacture and deliver quality products. Therefore, the timeliness and quality of those deliveries is going to determine your success with customers."

AK Steel back in coal mining business [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]

El-Sawy added "I'm not saying the situation in Egypt is perfect, we need to re-establish security to encourage the return of investors, but the country also has some positive indicators"

Dearth of consumer confidence in first quarter [Published Masress.com - May 18 2013]

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S.Africa expected to keep interest rates on hol... [Published Sharenet - 16 hours ago]
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BDM: BUILDMAX LIMITED - Consolidated Audited Ab... [Published JSE Securities Exchange - 19 hours ago]
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UAE construction giant faces rare labor strike [Published York Daily Record - 20 hours ago]
Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market [Published Macon Telegraph - 20 hours ago]
Getting Past the Icon [Published New. Clear. Vision. - 23 hours ago]
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UCLA prepares for scheduled worker strike [Published Daily Bruin - May 20 2013]
Pre-market: Eurozone construction output fell s... [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom RSS feed - May 20 2013]
UC Davis Medical Center reduces, delays service... [Published KCRA.com - May 20 2013]
How Egypt lost the Suez Canal [Published Al Ahram - May 20 2013]
Strike-ridden THY posts Q1 sales lift [Published Turkish Daily - May 19 2013]
AK Steel back in coal mining business [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]
Looking Shaky [Published Leader.co.za - May 18 2013]
Dearth of consumer confidence in first quarter [Published Masress.com - May 18 2013]
Dearth of consumer confidence in first quarter [Published Daily Star Egypt - May 18 2013]

Blogs

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Argentina’s Main Grains Ports Paralyzed By Labo... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - 3 hours ago] BUENOS AIRES, May 20 (Reuters) – Port workers in Argentina’s main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages on Monday, a local union spokesman said, slowing exports from the world’s No. 1 soymeal and soyoil supplier. Wage strikes are common ...
Getting Past the Icon [Published New. Clear. Vision. - 23 hours ago] Should Photographers Depict Reality, Or Try to Change It? by David Bacon Can photographers be participants in the social events they document? Eighty years ago the question would have seemed irrelevant in the political upsurges of the 1930s, ...
State Labor Board Seeks Injunction Regarding Un... [Published UCSF News - May 17 2013] The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will seek a temporary restraining order to curtail the number of striking employees by two University of California unions at UC’s five medical centers, the University learned late May 16. ...
South African rand slides as labour unrest grows [Published Global Investing - May 16 2013] The South African rand has lost most ground amongst emerging market currencies, according to Reuters data, falling almost 10 percent so far this year to hit 4-year lows against the dollar. That is perhaps not so surprising given the country’s high level ...
Time to restore the equilibrium between public ... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Executive - May 14 2013] The right to strike against the public interest does not exist. — Maurice Duplessis “Union rules standardize, regiment, stifle initiative, discourage enterprise and concentrate power to intimidate and influence political decision-making in the hands ...

Press Releases

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