Thousands of workers have participated in short nationwide strikes called by services union ver.di; described as 'token' or 'warning' strikes, they are in response to a deadlock in pay negotiations.

Writers are heading back to their laptops after voting through a proposed agreement between the Writer’s Guild of America (WAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) for pay and royalties over work done until 2011.

More than 5,000 workers in Hai Phong City, 60 miles south east of Hanoi began a strike yesterday.

200 refuse and recycling workers from Brighton and Hove City Council walked out today over management bullying.

The Vaqueros Navarra factory in Tehuacán, Puebla will never make another pair of jeans again following the victory of the leftist Frente Auténtico de Trabajo (FAT) over the corrupt unions in workplace elections.

Seven of the striking workers at the Grand Littoral hypermarket have been issued with summonses for "restriction of the right to work"

Public service workers across Morocco held a one-day strike today and joined mounted protests demanding reforms and better conditions and salaries from the government.

Public service workers in Greece have gone on strike, for the second time in two months, to defend their pensions.

Strikes by workers in the state media saw many programmes cancelled.

Workers at Paris' three air traffic control centres have been strking since Monday.

CNN are close to launching a new website called iReport dedicated to ‘citizen journalism’ (a media term for non-professionals who report and write the news). The citizen journalist has been a topic of heavy debate across many sections of the media, particularly in the NUJ where it is considered a threat to the standards and reputation of the industry.

Bus drivers at RapidPenang in Malaysia ended a one-day wildcat strike last week after talks with management.