Tag: strike

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:38 UTC

  Petrobras workers end three weeks strike, after arbitration call by labor court

  

  Workers at Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras have ended a strike of nearly three weeks that left the firm scrambling to avoid a drop in production, labor unions said last Friday. Around 21,000 workers — a third of the total workforce — joined the mass walk-out at the start of the month.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Public school teachers strike in Colombia: seven million children without classes

  

  Public school teachers in Colombia launched a two-day strike on Thursday to protest violence against the profession and killings of activists and other community leaders, leaving more than 7 million children without classes.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  French transport strike enters fourth week with unions pledging to press on

  

  The head of a hard-line French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a crippling strike that has cast a shadow over Christmas celebrations, with the stoppages entering a fourth week and becoming the longest-lasting such action since the 1980s.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  General strike and unrest continues in Chile despite Piñera's “I'm sorry” and announcements

  

  Thousands of Chileans flooded the streets of Santiago and other cities in a general strike on Wednesday, upping the pressure on beleaguered President Sebastian Piñera after days of social unrest that left at least 18 dead.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Petrobras transparency: discloses fuel prices to head off a strike by independent truckers

  

  Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras started publishing daily wholesale gasoline and diesel prices at each of the company's 37 points of sale, the latest step aimed at heading off a strike by independent truck drivers.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Guaidó calls on supporters to protest blackouts and prepare for a major Freedom March

  

  Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó has called on his supporters to take to the streets in protest at nationwide power cuts. He also told followers to prepare for a final push to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  World youth from 80 countries plan to strike on Friday calling on countries to address climate change

  

  The young people of the world have a message for adults, and this Friday (March 15) they will go on strike to make sure their views on climate change are heard. Tens of thousands of students from more than 80 countries and territories - including the United States, Malaysia and Hong Kong - plan to skip school that day to urge adults to treat climate change as a crisis, and for governments to take action now.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Guaido talks to public sector unions to stage strikes and held bring down Maduro

  

  Opposition leader Juan Guaido held talks with Venezuela’s public sector unions on Tuesday about staging strikes to help bring down the government, as President Nicolas Maduro said a “crazed minority” bent on destabilizing the country would be defeated.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Petrobras workers Wednesday strike was declared illegal

  

  Brazil’s Superior Labor Court (TST) ruled on Tuesday that a 72-hour strike planned by workers of state-run oil company Petrobras was illegal, the office of the government’s solicitor general said.

• Friday, May 25th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil truckers strike: Government says a 15-day truce had been reached

  

  Brazil's government said late Thursday that a deal had been reached with truckers to suspend a four-day-old strike that caused fuel shortages, cut into food deliveries, backed up exports and threatened airline flights.