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SECTORS' STRIKES * EUROPE
* France - Dockworkers Threaten More Strikes. Union demands more waterfront jobs by mid-February
Paris France -The Journal of Commerce Online (USA), by Bruce Barnard -Jan 19, 2010: -- French dockworker leaders set a mid-February deadline for the government to respond to their demands for more waterfront jobs or face further industrial action... The CGT union, which represents the majority of dockworkers, said it will launch an indefinite work-to-rule campaign at France's seven largest ports, including top box hubs Le Havre and Marseilles, on Feb. 12 if Transport Secretary, Dominique Bussereau, fails to give adequate assurances on job creation... French dockworkers staged 24-hour nationwide strikes on Jan. 4 and Jan. 11 and have refused to work overtime or at night since early November to protest what the CGT said is the government's failure to honor a pledge to create up to 30,000 jobs as part of a reform of publicly owned ports... The other ports facing industrial action are: Dunkirk, Rouen, Bordeaux, Nantes-Saint Nazaire and La Rochelle...
* Germany - Lufthansa Cargo, British Airways Face Strike Threats. German carrier’s pilots seek higher wages; BA crew members fear cost cuts
Bonn,Germany -The Journal of Commerce Online (USA), by Bruce Barnard -Jan 19, 2010: -- Lufthansa Cargo pilots will vote on strike action after the German carrier and their union failed to reach agreement on a new contract... The German pilot union VC asked approximately 4,500 pilots employed by parent company Lufthansa and its cargo and low cost airline units to vote by Feb. 17... The union says an acceptance rate of seventy percent is needed to allow an open ended strike at Europe's second largest airline... The union is demanding a 6.4 percent wage hike for 2010 and assurances on job security for Lufthansa pilots... The union fears Lufthansa will use lower paid pilots at its recently acquired subsidiaries, including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and the UK's BMI, to fly Lufthansa's passenger and freighter aircraft...
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