Tag: Strike
Busan subway workers end strike after pay raise deal
Subway workers in the southern city of Busan ended their two-day strike Thursday after the labor union and management reached a wage deal. Busan Transportation Corp., the city-run operator of […]
Record 52,000 non-regular school workers join strike for 3 days: ministry
A nationwide walkout by contract school workers entered its third day on Friday, with the number of strike participants falling to 13,281 from the previous day’s 17,300, according to the […]
Bus drivers in Seoul, major cities cancel planned strike after reaching wage deal
Unionized bus drivers in Seoul, Busan and many other metropolitan cities and provinces canceled a planned strike on Wednesday after reaching last-minute wage deals with their management. Labor and management […]
Transportation chaos on Wednesday? Bus drivers in last-minute talks over strike
Unionized bus drivers nationwide and their employers were to hold last-minute negotiations over wage hikes on Tuesday ahead of a strike planned to begin Wednesday to halt nearly half of […]
Taxi Drivers Go On Strike In South Korea
Some 20,000 taxi drivers stage a rally against the government in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of taxi drivers staged a one-day, nationwide strike Wednesday, […]
Protest By Spainish Miners Looks Like Waging A War
Miners launch handmade rockets to riot police officers, unseen, during clashes following a demonstration after blocking a motorway in Campomanes, Oviedo, Spain, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Strikes, road blockades, and […]
Ethnic Groups’ Strike in Nepal Goes Bloody
A wounded Nepalese activist of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities is taken for treatment by a friend during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 21, 2012. Official […]