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Analysis-South Korea Truckers’ Win No Harbinger of Labour Market Peace
Date: June 15, 2022
By Choonsik Yoo and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s unionised truckers drove a strong bargain with their largely peaceful strike action proving effective without antagonising a public largely unsympathetic towards unions after years of militant action. But the group of ageing drivers are often seen as outliers in the country’s combative and politicised...
Analysis-Golden Age of Buses? Buyers Hop on UK Transport Firms
Date: June 15, 2022
By Yadarisa Shabong LONDON (Reuters) – Private capital has a keen eye on British bus companies. Low valuations, hopes that travellers will ditch cars, and government incentives to invest in environmentally-friendly vehicles are enticing buyers, analysts and investors said. Three out of four major London-listed bus operators have attracted takeover interest in recent months. “Whatever...
Britain Remembers Victims of Grenfell Fire, Five Years After Deadly Blaze
Date: June 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – London marked the deaths of 72 people in a tower block fire at memorial services across the city on Tuesday, five years after a blaze that shook the nation and revealed widespread and fatal flaws in building regulations. On June 14, 2017, Britain woke to the news of its deadliest fire in...
Scotland’s Sturgeon Says Nearly Ready to Outline Plan for Independence Vote
Date: June 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday said she was nearly ready to give more details on how the nation’s devolved parliament could move ahead with a new independence referendum without the consent of the British government. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party, which is in opposition in Scotland, strongly...
UK Transport Union Warns of “summer of Discontent” as Further Rail Strike Threatened
Date: June 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – A British union warned on Tuesday the country could face a “summer of discontent” across its railways as thousands more workers are balloted for strike action in an escalating dispute over pay and conditions. The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) said on Tuesday it had issued notice of a ballot to more...
Austria Announces 6 Billion Euro Package to Address Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Date: June 14, 2022
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria’s conservative-led government on Tuesday announced a package of measures, which it said would cost six billion euros ($6.3 billion) this year, aimed at cushioning the blow to households of the rising cost of living. The measures include increasing or topping up various benefits, including a 300 euro payment this year to vulnerable...