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Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living, pay and welfare

European countries are experiencing a wave of strikes and protests due to high energy prices, a wider rise in living costs, and in France an increase in the retirement age. Here are details from across Europe:

Reuters

Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains

Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions of people during one of the largest walkouts in decades in Europe's biggest economy as soaring inflation stokes wage demands.

Reuters

Biggest strike in decades brings Germany to a halt

Airports and bus and train stations across Germany are at a standstill, disrupting millions of commuters and travellers during one of the largest walkouts in decades.

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Biggest strike in decades brings Germany's public transport network to halt

Planes, trains and buses across Germany were brought to a standstill Monday as public sector transport workers walked off the job in the country’s biggest strike in decades.

Radio France Internationale

German commuters brace for ‘mega-strike’ that will be biggest walkout in decades

Union bosses described the strike as a ‘matter of survival’ for workers

Evening Standard

Lufthansa flights grounded as transport strike brings Germany to a standstill

Transport services across the country have ground to a halt

The Independent UK

Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike

An increased number of travelers in Germany have boarded trains and planes to avoid a major one-day strike Monday that aims to bring the country’s transportation system to a standstill

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German workers' strike over pay is matter of survival, union boss tells Bild

A top union boss in Germany justified a massive strike planned for Monday as a "matter of survival" for many thousands of people fighting for higher wages as inflation soars, according to an interview published in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

Reuters

THAI cancels Germany flights amid strikes

Thai Airways International has announced the cancellation of round-trip flights on its Bangkok-Frankfurt and Bangkok-Munich routes on Sunday and Monday because of transport workers’ strikes in Germany.

Bangkok Post

German unions call for wide-ranging transport strike Monday

German unions are calling on thousands of workers across the country’s transport system to stage a one-day strike on Monday that is expected to bring widespread disruption to planes, trains and local transit

The Independent UK

German unions plan mass transport strike on Monday over wages - sources

Germany's Verdi union and the railway and transport union EVG are planning strikes that are expected to cause widespread disruption on railways and at airports next Monday in a rumbling dispute over wages, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

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German union calls for strikes on Monday at Berlin, Hamburg airports

Germany's Verdi trade union has called for strikes on March 13 at the country's northern airports, including Berlin, which it said would likely cause longer queues for passengers and flight cancellations.

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Eurofighter Typhoon back for Swansea Airshow 2023 after year off

The jet that can fly at almost twice the speed of sound was very much missed when it could not be at last year's event

Wales Online

New owners Ryan and Lucy Hole have insisted that nothing will change at the iconic venue

Reuters

German municipal transport faces strike on Friday, led by union, youth movement

German union Verdi and youth movement, Fridays for Future, jointly called for strikes to disrupt municipal transport in six German states on Friday to demand better pay and conditions and a review of transportation policies.

Reuters

Strikes at German regional airports ground majority of flights

The majority of flights at Germany's Duesseldorf and Cologne Bonn regional airports were grounded by a 24-hour strike by the Verdi trade union on Monday, the airports said.

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Bangkok Post

Hundreds of flights axed by German strike

FRANKFURT: Tens of thousands of travellers faced flight delays and cancellations Friday as workers at eight airports in Germany went on strike for better pay.

Liverpool Echo

easyJet, British Airways and TUI warning as thousands of flights cancelled

Hundreds of thousands of people will see their travel plans disrupted

The Independent UK

Thousands of flights canceled as German airport staff strike

Thousands of flights to and from German airports were canceled Friday as workers walked out to press their demands for inflation-busting pay increases

Reuters

Strike at German airports grounds nearly 300,000 passengers

A 24-hour strike at seven German airports, including Frankfurt and Munich, was set to affect nearly 300,000 passengers on Friday, as unionised workers pressed for higher wages and threatened a summer of "chaos" if their demands were not met.

Reuters

German airport group warns of 'massive disruptions' from strike

Strikes planned at seven German airports for Friday will lead to "massive disruptions", the operator of the country's largest airport, in Frankfurt, warned on Wednesday, setting the stage for another day of travel chaos caused by wage disputes.

Tribune News Service

Amazon hit with strike campaign in Germany days before Christmas

German labor union Verdi called on Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers to go on strike across the country during the holiday season, seeking to press the company for higher pay and to join collective bargaining agreements.

Al Jazeera

Amazon workers stage walkouts, protests on Black Friday

Employees across the globe demand Amazon pay better wages and improve working conditions.

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