Strike
Asia: Stocks hit by Iran’s Israel strike, hopes for containment stem losses
EQUITIES tumbled on Monday in Asia after Iran ramped up Middle East tensions by launching a barrage of rockets at Israel over the weekend, fuelling fears of a wider...
Lufthansa agrees to pay rise with flight attendants after strike
LUFTHANSA and the flight attendants’ union UFO have agreed to a pay rise for the German airline’s 19,000 cabin staff, the union said on Thursday (Apr 11), ending the...
Oil settles higher after Israeli strike overshadows ceasefire talks
OIL prices settled up US$1 on Wednesday (Apr 10) after three sons of a Hamas leader were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, feeding worries that...
South Korean President Yoon Meets Leader of Doctor’s Strike but Fails to Strike a Deal
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with the leader of a strike led by thousands of junior doctors on Thursday, expressing disagreement over the government's proposal to...
Seoul bus drivers strike over pay, snarling commute in South Korean capital
BUS drivers in the South Korean capital of Seoul went on strike on Thursday (Mar 28) after last ditch efforts at negotiating a wage hike broke down, snarling the...
Seoul bus drivers end strike after city agrees to wage increase
BUS drivers in the South Korean capital of Seoul ended an hours-long strike on Thursday (Mar 28) after a deal was reached between the city’s bus union and its...
‘Strike madness’ hits Germany while its economy stumbles
FOR those striking at the gates of the SRW scrap metal plant, just outside Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig, time can be counted not just in days – 136...
Pilots at Qantas units to strike again amid ongoing pay dispute
PILOTS at Qantas Airways units Network Aviation and QantasLink will conduct a fresh strike this week as they continue to demand for higher pay, the Australian Federation of Air...
