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Street protests in Paris, Eiffel tower closed
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a public square in the French capital on Tuesday to protest against a labour reform bill being debated in the Senate. Protesters at Place d'Italie in Paris waved flags from the Confederation Generale...
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Teachers' union blames police for deadly clashes
Members of a teachers' union in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Monday blamed police officers for the violent clashes that left at least six people dead and more than 100 injured. Teachers from the National Coordinator of...
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Activists clash with riot police after union leaders denied access to Taksim Square
Union representatives and riot police clashed in Istanbul on Monday after union leaders were prevented from holding a press conference near the city's main square.
Leaders of some of the country's biggest unions had wanted to announce...
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Analyst on fall of the British pound
The US dollar dropped against Japanese yen and temporarily broke through the 100 yen line on Friday morning in Tokyo, hitting the lowest in two years as results on Britain's vote on European Union membership give the "leave" side a small...
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Mexican teachers' union accused of corruption
Prosecutors in Mexico say a radical teachers' union that has led a decade of protests also had set up an illegal financial network to fund demonstrations and fill their leaders' pockets.The Oaxaca state teacher's union led a months-long...
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Chicago Teachers Launch One-Day Strike
Chicago teachers took to picket lines Friday morning in an unprecedented one-day strike they say is aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund education and other programs in the nation's third-largest district.The walkout will close...
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Anti-labour reforms protest at employer federation
Around 100 people protested outside the French employers' organisation Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) on Friday.Some of the protesters were part of the Nuit Debout social movement, which was started on 31 March to campaign...
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Hungary teachers strike over education reforms
Thousands of teachers in Hungary held a one-day strike on Wednesday against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's centralization of the education system.The strike, the first major one against Orban's conservative government since its return to...
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Mexican teachers set office on fire in protest
Teachers protesting against government mandated education reform in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Thursday set fire to a building of the state's Department of Education. Guerrero state teachers' union (CETEG) set fire to the...
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Striking public sector workers march in Brussels
Trade unions in Belgium gathered to hold a strike and a demonstration in Brussels on Tuesday against austerity measures taken by the Belgian government.Teachers and other public service employees took to the streets in Brussels to defend...
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French activists block entrance to nuclear plant
STORYTrade union members were seen slowing down traffic at Gravelines Nuclear Power Station on Thursday, handing out leaflets and encouraging drivers to join in the strike action against government labour reform.As union activists...
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Belgium railway network paralysed by strike
A train strike paralysed a large swathe of the Belgian rail network for the second day in a row, and there are fears of more labour unrest to come.No trains were running in the southern part of the country on Friday after Francophone...
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Transport hit by public sector strike in Belgium
Public-sector employees were striking across Belgium on Tuesday, disrupting train and bus services as well as schools, prisons and mail delivery.Trade unions from the Belgian public services called the strike against austerity measures...
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Mexico teachers union defiant after arrests
A radical Mexican teachers' union called on its rank and file and supporters to revolt on Monday against the government after its top leaders were arrested.The union said in a statement that "revolution is the correct thing to do when...
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Imam of Nice on rise of extremism in the web
As French authorities continue to look into what made a Tunisian-French man plow a truck into Bastille Day crowds in Nice last week, the debate over channels of radicalisation in France rages on. Almost a week after the attack that left...
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United Mine Workers Rally on Capitol Hill
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington, DC - 8 September, 20161. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America:"In the 30s, when our union build the CIO, we...
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Agrarian union claim victory in Lithuanian elex
A new agrarian union party has claimed victory in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, with voters turning their backs on the ruling Social Democrats.Lithuanian election commission results on Sunday showed the Peasants and Greens party...
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Protest against French work law in Paris
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLYParis - 15 September 20161. Various of protesters marching along streets and clapping 2. Various of riot police line, protesters confronting them,...
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Rome rally against policies of Renzi government
Thousands of demonstrators from all over Italy gathered in Rome on Saturday to protest against the government's labour reform package. Heeding calls by trade unions and opposition parties, the protesters rallied for measures to...
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Teachers strike over French curriculum material
A strike by teachers in the Cameroonian city of Bamenda on Tuesday snowballed into violent protest over infrastructure and marginalisation. There are unconfirmed witness reports of one death and several injuries in the unrest, as well as...
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Hundreds demonstrate against pension reform
Teachers, doctors and civil servants took part in demonstrations in Algiers on Sunday to protest changes to the so-called early retirement system. Currently, Algerians can ask for their pensions after 32 years of work, but the government...
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Chile miners on Day 28 of underground strike
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLYCuranilahue – 1 January 2017 ++NIGHT SHOTS++1. Entrance to the Santa Ana mine 2. Relatives arriving during the night to try to communicate with their...
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UAW Working on "Buy American" Campaign
The United Auto Workers union is working on an ad campaign that urges people to buy U.S.-made cars and trucks as it tries to tap into what it says is nationalistic sentiment that surfaced during President Donald Trump's election...
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7 Kenya medics union officials freed
A Kenyan court on Wednesday released seven doctors jailed earlier this week for not calling off a strike by doctors working in public institutions.The decision to free the seven doctors, who are officials in the Medics' Union, was made...