Rail Workers Strike

Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...

Millions of French travellers suffered a second day of major disruption Wednesday as rail workers pressed on with rolling strikes that pose one of the toughest challenges yet to President Emmanuel Macron.

Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes today to protest President Michel Temer's efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken labor laws, with disruption expected to road and rail transport, factories and schools.

Railway workers started a five-day strike on Monday, disrupting services for hundreds of thousands of passengers using the UK's southern network, even as British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the move.

Rail workers started a five-day strike today on services acrosssoutheast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country's longest rail walk-out since 1968.

Strikes by rail workers and flooding disrupted France on Friday, as the new threat of a pilots' strike hung over Euro 2016 football tournament a week before the tournament kicks off.

Striking railway workers were set to disrupt transport throughout France just 11 days before Euro 2016, as President Francois Hollande refused to back down over a labour dispute that has sparked months of protests.

Belgian rail travel was hit hard by a 24-hour strike on Friday that halted trains including international services to Britain and France.

A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike by workers at the nation's largest commuter railroad.

Philadelphia commuter rail workers have begun returning to their jobs following a brief strike that ended when President Barack Obama intervened. Train service was expected to resume within hours.

Millions of commuters were preparing for transport chaos from Monday evening as workers on the London Underground rail network plan to hold a two-day strike in a dispute over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices.

Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos on Wednesday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that Prime Minister David Cameron branded as "shameful".

After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers are now walking off the job to protest a reorganisation of the national rail and train companies.

Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...

Millions of French travellers suffered a second day of major disruption Wednesday as rail workers pressed on with rolling strikes that pose one of the toughest challenges yet to President Emmanuel Macron.

Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes today to protest President Michel Temer's efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken labor laws, with disruption expected to road and rail transport, factories and schools.

Railway workers started a five-day strike on Monday, disrupting services for hundreds of thousands of passengers using the UK's southern network, even as British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the move.

Rail workers started a five-day strike today on services acrosssoutheast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country's longest rail walk-out since 1968.

Strikes by rail workers and flooding disrupted France on Friday, as the new threat of a pilots' strike hung over Euro 2016 football tournament a week before the tournament kicks off.

Striking railway workers were set to disrupt transport throughout France just 11 days before Euro 2016, as President Francois Hollande refused to back down over a labour dispute that has sparked months of protests.

Belgian rail travel was hit hard by a 24-hour strike on Friday that halted trains including international services to Britain and France.

A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike by workers at the nation's largest commuter railroad.

Philadelphia commuter rail workers have begun returning to their jobs following a brief strike that ended when President Barack Obama intervened. Train service was expected to resume within hours.

Millions of commuters were preparing for transport chaos from Monday evening as workers on the London Underground rail network plan to hold a two-day strike in a dispute over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices.

Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos on Wednesday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that Prime Minister David Cameron branded as "shameful".

After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers are now walking off the job to protest a reorganisation of the national rail and train companies.