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Ryanair Cabin Staff Strike as Labour Unrest Spreads Across Europe
Date: June 24, 2022
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Some cabin crew at Ryanair went on strike in Belgium, Spain and Portugal on Friday in a dispute over pay and working conditions, the latest in a wave of walkouts staged by workers across different sectors in Europe. Surging inflation across the continent has led to millions...
Shifting Gears: Exploring Investment Opportunities in the World of Mobility Start-Ups
Date: June 24, 2022
By Ian Thomas, Managing Director of Turquoise In 2021, venture capital firms invested nearly $100 billion into mobility tech start-ups, as interest in technology platforms smoothing the route to net-zero emissions continued to gather pace. In this article, Ian Thomas, managing director of Turquoise International, which invests from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2), explores...
Ryanair Cabin Staff Strike Cancels Dozens of Flights in Europe
Date: June 24, 2022
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Some cabin crew at Ryanair went on strike in Belgium, Spain and Portugal on Friday in a dispute over pay and working conditions, the latest in a wave of walkouts staged by workers across different sectors in Europe. Surging inflation across the continent has led to millions...
French Unions Call for National Rail Strikes on July 6
Date: June 24, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s unions Sud Rail, CGT and CFDT on Friday issued a joint call for a national railway worker strike on July 6, saying they want wage increases amid rising inflation. “Along with workers in France and in Europe, railway workers are sharply hit by exploding inflation, we must act to obtain wage...
Strikes Cripple Britain’s Railways, Unions Warn of More to Come
Date: June 23, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Strikes crippled Britain’s rail network on Thursday as union bosses, train operating firms and the government faced off over demands that workers’ pay increases keep pace with surging inflation. A spike in the cost of food and fuel is pushing many household budgets to the brink and is driving trade unions to...
London’s Heathrow Raises Passenger Traffic, Cost Forecasts
Date: June 23, 2022
(Reuters) – London’s Heathrow said on Thursday demand for travel has been stronger than expected, prompting Britain’s busiest airport to raise its passenger number forecast for the year, while costs are also on the rise. Heathrow raised the forecast to 54.4 million from 53 million it had anticipated last month and said it was working...