On the overall balance sheet of industrial actions and strikes in 2023, it has been a rather unusual year for German unions. The sheer number of industrial actions moved Germany up on the ...

Elsewhere in Germany, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) had 66 canceled departures (11%) but a comparatively low total of 27 canceled arrivals (4%). Other big hitters included Munich (MUC), with 43 canceled ...

Flights to and from airports across Germany were canceled on Friday amid a union worker strike. The strike is impacting seven airports, including three of the country's top airports-Frankfurt, Munich, ...

Labor actions have been sweeping Europe. In France, strikes have been taking place repeatedly in recent days and weeks as workers there express frustration in response to recent pension and retirement ...

At the same time, Germany is facing an ever more severe shortage of labor and an aging population, with officials estimating that there will be a shortage of 7 million workers by 2035. That spells ...

Labor strikes are a regular occurrence in Germany and normally end in a compromise deal between unions and employers. ... Germany during the strike on March 27, 2023. AP.

The labor battle, the company’s first involving strikes since 2018, comes as Volkswagen, Germany’s leading automaker, faces slowing demand for its cars in Europe and Asia, as well as increased ...

Germany has given Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia using long-range weapons supplied by Berlin, in a decision that signals a notable hardening of Western resolve as the war ...

Wave of strikes hits Germany amid cost-of-living crisis Strikes increasing though still fewer than France, UK Worsening labour shortages strengthen hand of unions German economy, governing ...

BERLIN >> Volkswagen workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at plants across Germany, labor union IG Metall said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen’s domestic operations ...

About 45,000 grocery workers have authorized a strike at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores in Southern California ...