strikes

Sweden’s longest strike ends after Tesla buys out all union members

Sweden's largest industrial union, IF Metall, announced on Thursday that it is ending all industrial action against Tesla effective August 19, after the electric carmaker bought out every one of its striking members. The nearly three-year dispute, which began on…

Congo Ebola workers strike over unpaid wages as deaths top 600

Healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak walked off their jobs last week, staging protests outside treatment centers in the country's northeast over wages they say have gone unpaid since the crisis began nearly two months ago.

Samsung union suspends strike after last-minute deal

Samsung Electronics and its largest labor union reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday evening, suspending a general strike by nearly 48,000 workers that had been set to begin Thursday. The deal came after Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon personally intervened to…

Eiffel Tower closes as austerity strikes grip France

France witnessed a dramatic show of defiance on Thursday as the iconic Eiffel Tower shuttered its doors to visitors while tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Paris and more than 200 cities nationwide. The extraordinary day of…