According to the relevant unions, about 66,000 Volkswagen workers participated in the strike.
On September 1st, Arnon Bar-David, the president of the Israel General Trade Union (Histadrut), called for a general strike on Monday to pressure the Israeli government to reach a hostage agreement and ensure the return of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. The president of the Israel General Trade Union called on all civilian workers to join the strike and said that Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel's main air transport hub, will be closed from 8 am local time (1:00 p...
Market news: BHP Billiton has reached a preliminary agreement with Chilean union leaders.
BHP Billiton has resumed wage talks with union leaders at Chile's Escondida copper mine in a bid to end a strike that began on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Escondida 1 union agreed to BHP Billiton's request to revisit key issues that led the two sides to fail to reach an agreement in talks that ended on Monday. The meeting is scheduled to end at 8pm Chilean time (8am Beijing time today). Escondida, which produces about 5 per cent of the world's copper, will resume n...