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Travel Advice: Tanker strike in Portugal causes fuel shortages, delays and flight disruption – advice and info

News TeamApril 18, 2019

Fuel tanker drivers in Portugal have gone on strike, causing fuel shortages in many places across the country. There are reports of long lines at petrol station...

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Quick Read: Spanish unions planning strikes during Easter travel crunch

News TeamApril 11, 2019

In what seems increasingly like an established tradition, labor unions at some of Spain’s main transportation companies are making the most of the Easter travel...

Quick Read: Eurostar drops ‘no travel’ warning, but French unions insist protest will continue

News TeamApril 5, 2019

But it warned that there might still be some delays on its services between Paris and London, and customs unions said their action - which they say has been sparked by Brexit - was continuing and could flare up again at any time and cause fresh disru...

Quick Read: Delays expected as Copenhagen Airport low-cost airline baggage handlers strike

News TeamApril 2, 2019

Staff employed by the company handle baggage for a number of low-flight airlines which operate from Copenhagen Airport, including Easyjet and Ryanair. Copenhage...

Quick Read: Eurostar continues to advise against travel from Paris

News TeamMarch 21, 2019

Eurostar is advising all customers departing Paris “not to travel unless absolutely necessary”, as delays and cancellations continue as a result of strikes by F...

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Quick Read: Eurostar chaos as passengers warned of two weeks of disruption – your rights

News TeamMarch 20, 2019

Eurostar has urged passengers to avoid travelling from Paris to the UK until Thursday and warned there will be dozens of cancellations on the route between London and Paris until 30 March - here's what to do if you're affected.... Read the full ar...

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Quick Read: Virgin air stewards threaten Easter strike as they claim that ‘unfair’ pay package will make them worse off

News TeamMarch 19, 2019

Sir Richard Branson is planning to cut air stewards' pay below the minimum wage, whistle-blowers claim, as they threaten strike action over Easter.... Read the ...

Quick Read: More Eurostar delays as French customs staff strike in ‘Brexit drill’

News TeamMarch 18, 2019

Eurostar services were delayed again today amid ongoing industrial action by French customs staff. Customers were complaining of queues of several hours today a...

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Quick Read: French Brexit Strike Might Spread to Airports

News TeamMarch 11, 2019

A labor strike in France, prompted by concerns over Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, might spread to the flying public. Strikes by customs agents at ports and rail stations earlier in the week could now spread airports. Long lines of tru...

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Quick Read: Algeria protests: Partial strike under way in the capital

News TeamMarch 11, 2019

Students have again been out protesting against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the capital, Algiers. They are vowing to continue the rallies, despite univers...

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Quick Read: Riot police deployed as strike strands hundreds of travellers at Kenya’s main airport

News TeamMarch 6, 2019

Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi’s international airport as riot police were deployed and tear gas fired to disperse striking workers.... Read th...

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Quick Read: Streets of Khartoum Deserted on Tuesday in Response to Call for Strike

News TeamMarch 6, 2019

The Sudanese Trade Union Association and several opposition parties issued a call for a one-day general strike on Tuesday, excluding critical fields like pharmacies and hospitals.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.voane...

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Quick Read: Brexit Foretaste on Display as French Customs Staff Work to Rule

News TeamMarch 5, 2019

French customs workers showed on Monday what a post-Brexit world might look like by working to rule, sparking traffic jams around the port of Calais.... Read th...

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Quick Read: Catalan secessionists block highways and train tracks in strike

News TeamFebruary 22, 2019

Protestors who are backing Catalonia’s secession from Spain have blocked major highways, train tracks and roads across the north-eastern region.... Read the ful...

Quick Read: Ryanair says air traffic control issues will disrupt summer flights

News TeamFebruary 15, 2019

Ryanair has said air traffic control strikes and staff shortages will cause record levels of disruption to holiday flights this summer. ATC strikes have already forced the airline to cancel several hundred flights so far this year in its quieter wint...

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Quick Read: 20,000 passengers affected as China Airlines pilot strike continues

News TeamFebruary 14, 2019

TAIPEI (XINHUA) - A pilot strike since Friday has forced Taiwanese carrier China Airlines to cancel as many as 100 flights, affecting over 20,000 passengers. Am...

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Quick Read: Strike Against Job Losses Compounds South Africa’s Blackout Woes

News TeamFebruary 13, 2019

South Africa’s biggest labor group staged a nationwide protest against job losses Wednesday, the latest setback for an economy reeling from four consecutive day...

Quick Read: Brussels Airlines cancels all flights ahead of Belgian general strike on Wednesday

News TeamFebruary 11, 2019

Brussels Airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary and Belgium's largest airline, announced the cancellation of all flights for Wednesday, February 13. The decision announced on Friday comes as the country braces for a nationwide general strike called by unio...

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Quick Read: Taiwan carrier on strike during Lunar New Year travel rush

News TeamFebruary 8, 2019

Pilots from Taiwan's China Airlines went on strike Friday in the middle of the Lunar New Year travel rush, forcing the cancellation of at least 18 flights over ...

Quick Read: Series of Hial air traffic control strikes planned

News TeamFebruary 7, 2019

Air traffic controllers at Highlands and Islands airports are to vote on staging a series of one-day strikes from 1 April and through the summer. Members of the...

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Quick Read: French Workers Strike With Yellow Vests Looking to Capitalize

News TeamFebruary 5, 2019

French public workers are striking Tuesday in protest against President Emmanuel Macron‘s policies. Demonstrations will take place across the country with the CGT labor union calling for a general strike.... Read the full article at the publisher'...

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Quick Read: Death Of Balochistan Rights Activist Prompts Partial Strike

News TeamFebruary 5, 2019

Politicians, lawyers, and business-owners went on strike in Pakistan’s southwest province of Balochistan after a regional leader of a Pakistani civil rights gro...