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Steven. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:03:52 +0000

800,000 bank workers on strike in India

Ed — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:09:47 +0000

Reports from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir said the strike was total.

Nationwide general strike in India

Ed — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:01:14 +0000

“The strike was spontaneous with eight crore people participating in it. It is an expression of deep indignation of the masses against the pernicious economic and labour policies of the United Progressive Alliance government,” Gurudas Dasgupta, general secretary of the All-India Trade Union Congress, told reporters.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: union overtime ban forces trade to end three hours earlier

treeofjudas — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:27:11 +0000

The ban took effect on Sunday (March 9th), and has been maintained on Monday (March 10th) as well. This step is a direct response to current conditions, which preclude overtime pay from counting into workers` pension plans.

Further walkouts by bank workers in Greece

Alex... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:41:03 +0000

The strike has disrupted service at the country's central bank, and has brought chaos to electronic trading systems, as well as stock and bond trading. Thousands of workers have been on strike since Monday, and it was decided on Tuesday to continue the action.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange employees set to strike on Feb 28th (CANCELLED)

treeofjudas — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:11:35 +0000

These include increasing wages by 4.5% and adding workers hired through HR firms to the group pay agreement. Instead, management is only willing to increase wages to its direct employees, with a 0.5% blanket increase as well as an additional 3% to be rewarded selectively according to individual performance.

Private Equity: a vicious new breed?

Freedom — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:23:27 +0000

In scenes reminiscent of the 80s pre-stock market crisis, a major row has blown up over the attempted Private Equity takeovers of high-street giants Sainsbury’s and Boots.

More strikes in Israel

catch — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:57:34 +0000

Workers were on strike at 25 branches of the First International Bank of Israel at the begining of November over changes since a merger with Bank Otsar Hahayal. They walked out again on the 21st after workers were suspended following accusations that they leaked details of investigations into the newly appointed bank supervisor to the media, this aggravated the ongoing wage dispute.

Sabotage in the stock market

libcom — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:46:07 +0000

Sabotage in the stock exchange - PJK, a stock broker, recollects...

A bank tellers' sabotage

libcom — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:11:50 +0000

A brief account of sabotage by bank staff, by Jason, a (former) bank teller