The attack marks the first known land operation in Venezuela since the US started what it says is a campaign against drugs cartels in the region. The US carried out a strike at a docking area allegedly used for Venezuelan boats to load drugs, President Donald Trump said Monday. This marks the first known time…
Workers at the world’s largest copper mine in Chile are striking after pay talks with Australian resources giant BHP fell apart, casting a shadow of uncertainty Wednesday over the market for the commodity. The Escondida mine in northern Chile yearly digs up around five percent of the world’s copper, a coveted metal used in everything…
A breakdown in negotiations late Thursday night has led to major union movement in the automotive industry. UAW, the labor union representing hundreds of thousands of auto industry workers, called a strike when the deadline to make a new deal passed at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, leading to 13,000 members walking off the job. The “Stand…
BERLIN — Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members. The 24-hour walkout – one of the biggest in decades – also affected cargo transport by rail and ship,…
Britain’s annual inflation rate was at a 41-year high in December at 10.5% Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of…
The U.K.’s beleaguered health services face yet another blow as the country’s main nursing union looks to have voted in favour of industrial action. The Royal College of Nursing asked its 300,000 members to strike over pay in a ballot that ended last week. Although official results have not yet been announced, sources have told…