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Transport & Logistics

Boeing Defence, union reach tentative deal to end strike

Travellers walk past a passenger information sign ahead of planned tube rail strikes, at Westminster Underground Station in London.
Transport & Logistics

London’s commuters face travel chaos as tube strike hits hard

About 3,200 employees based in the midwestern states of Missouri and Illinois walked off the job on Aug 4 after voting down a contract.
Transport & Logistics

Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defence workers

Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight on Saturday, prompting cancellations that have impacted around half a million people.
Transport & Logistics

Air Canada flight attendants end strike after reaching 'tentative' deal

Workers hold signs during a walkout by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) over contract negotiations, outside Boeing company's facility, Berkley, Missouri, Aug 4, 2025.
Companies & Markets

Striking Boeing defence workers turn to US Congress

Boeing's initial proposal, which included a 20 per cent wage increase over four years and more vacation time, was rejected a week earlier. The second offer was rejected too.
Companies & Markets

Boeing defence workers set to strike on Monday in US: union

A strike could deal a serious blow to Boeing, after a seven-week long walkout by Seattle-based workers last year crippled two of Boeing’s major assembly plants.
Companies & Markets

Boeing workers threaten strikes at fighter jet factories

Ford’s workers in Cologne (top)voted last week in favour of industrial action, with labour representatives insisting at each stage of talks that management find alternative measures to restructure its business.
Transport & Logistics

Ford's German workers to strike as tensions rise over planned cuts

The United States Maritime Alliance employer group and the International Longshoremen’s Association, in a joint statement, called the agreement a “win-win” that averts a potential strike by landing before the Jan 15 negotiating deadline.
International

Second US port strike averted as union, employers reach deal

In early October, a three-day ILA strike won generous pay concessions while barely denting the US economy. The union agreed to suspend its walkout until mid-January. 
International

Why US port workers are threatening to strike again

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