Samsung Electronics workers announce ’indefinite’ strike
SEOUL, South Korea — Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics declared an indefinite strike Wednesday to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for […]
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An Afghan woman wanted to be a doctor. Now she makes pickles as the Taliban restricts women’s roles
KABUL, Afghanistan — Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban’s permission to work. She should have graduated from university this […]
Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment
ROME — Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled […]
Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment
ROME — Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled […]
More WestJet flight cancellations as Canadian airline strike hits tens of thousands of travelers
TORONTO — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said Sunday that it canceled more than 800 flights affecting tens of thousands of passengers as an unexpected […]
Israel escalates its criticism of a UN agency in Gaza. It says 450 of its workers are militants
JERUSALEM — Israel ramped up its criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Monday, saying 450 of its employees were members of militant […]
Hundreds of flights canceled as Argentina’s air travel workers go on 24-hour strike
Hundreds of flights have been canceled and dozens more rescheduled in Argentina as unionized air travel workers go on a 24-hour strike nationwide to demand […]
Germany says Europe’s largest economy is in ’troubled waters’ and cuts its growth forecast
FRANKFURT, Germany — The German government said Europe’s largest economy was in “troubled waters” and slashed its growth forecast for this year as it struggles […]
Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics
PARIS — Striking workers again closed down the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, the third day running that the landmark expected to be at the heart […]
A 5th worker confirmed dead in Italian construction site collapse as workplace safety sparks debate
ROME — Italian rescuers confirmed Saturday the death of a fifth worker after a concrete beam and layers of slabs collapsed at a supermarket construction […]