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Train drivers embark on fresh walkouts and overtime bans. Find out how you will be affected
Most services on six major lines suspended on Saturday, as strikes coincide with union’s overtime banRail passengers across Great Britain have been told to check before they travel as a second day of strikes by train drivers will result in most services being suspended on six major lines.Industrial action by the drivers’ union Aslef will mean staff working for Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express (TPE) staging a 24-hour strike on...
Cancellations or reduced service on many routes on Monday including commuter lines into LondonRail passengers on many routes in the south and east of England including key commuter lines into London can expect significant disruption on Monday as train drivers stage the last strike in three days of action.Aslef union members began a 24-hour strike at eight operating companies on Monday: c2c, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway and...
Two years of rail strikes have cost the hospitality industry more than £5 billion, figures show, as travellers face more chaos this weekend.
The company is benefiting from a rebound in demand for nonurgent surgeries among older adults, who deferred those procedures during the Covid pandemic.
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike for almost one month. The Kenyatta Referral Hospital management said Tuesday that new doctors had been hired in place of those striking. Doctors in Kenya have
Kenyan hospital lays off 100 striking doctors as nationwide strike nears a month
A public hospital in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who
Johnson & Johnson’s recent investments in medical devices helped boost sales, but the company’s total revenue in the first quarter of the year failed to beat Wall Street expectations. Its stock fell 2%to about $144 on Tuesday, following the healthcare giant’s recent quarterly earnings report. The company’s medical device segment experienced the biggest growth in the company during the three months ending March 31, up 4.5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion. Johnson & Johnson said the growth was...
A strike by Tesla mechanics in Sweden, among the country's longest labour disputes, continues to disrupt operations, a union said on Wednesday, and is drawing scrutiny from investors despite Elon Musk saying the storm is over. For months Tesla has been under pressure in the Nordics, with sympathy actions since October backing Swedish IF Metall's mechanics' demand for a collective agreement. Postal workers, garbage collectors, repair centres, port workers, electricians, and cleaners are among...
The five-year rail improvement plan was announced earlier this week (Wednesday, April 3) and is aimed at delivering a “simpler, better, greener” railway that is more geared up to cope with the extremes of climate change. £60 million will be spent on improving the rail network in Yorkshire, with major works carried out to rail lines and stations in Horsforth, Rotherham, Goole and Immingham. A scheme designed to reduce the risk of flooding on the railway line north of Horsforth station will see...