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17/05/2012

African press review 17 May 2012

Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals?

Presidential front-runner Francois Hollande, 1 May 2012
01/05/2012 - France

Workers and unions take centre stage in Hollande's May Day speech

Socialist candidate François Hollande used the occasion of International Workers Day on Tuesday 1 May to praise the trade union movement and celebrate his Socialist party’s record on ...

03/04/2012

French press review 3 April 2012

I don’t want to focus too much on elections, but its hard to escape it! And the focus today is social issues.

26/01/2012 - France

French aviation unions to strike over plan to curb airport industrial action

French trade unions say they will do everything they can to stop a bill which would impose new conditions on strikes in the aviation sector from being passed into law.

11/01/2012 - Nigeria

No link between strike and violence, say Nigerian unions

Nigerian trade unionists have denied any connection between their general strike and sectarian violence in the north of the country, as oil workers threaten to stop crude production in support of ...

11/01/2012 - France

Renault heirs fail in bid to reverse nationalisation for Nazi 'collaboration'

A Paris court has rejected a bid by heirs of the founder of French carmaker Renault to be compensated for the nationalisation of the company at the end of World War II when their grandfather was ...

06/01/2012 - France - UK

SeaFrance workers cooperative takeover runs aground

Plans for a workers’ cooperative to takeover the running of the cross-channel ferry company SeaFrance, which is facing bankruptcy, have been scrapped after a meeting on Thursday between the ...

23/12/2011 - France

French airport unions plan new action over "anti-strike" bill

French flight and airport workers’ unions declared on Thursday they would stage a strike in February (6-9) to protest against a government bill which proposes new rules on strikes in the ...

19/12/2011 - France

Passengers face disruption on fourth day of strike at French airports

Passengers were facing delays on Monday at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and cancellations at Lyon's airport on the fourth day of a strike by security workers during the busy holiday ...

30/11/2011 - United Kingdom

Two million join British public-sector strike

Two million public-sector workers in Britain went on strike on Wednesday over changes to their pensions in the biggest walkout for decades.

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