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Dacia Workers Launch Sudden Strike, Stop Production at Romanian Plant
Several hundred workers at the main Dacia plant, located in Mioveni, Romania, went on strike yesterday, fearing mass layoffs due to contracts not being signed in time, and criticizing the management for overworking them and treating them "like slaves". According to the local media, they are asked to build a car every 40 seconds. They also decided to launch the strike because their request for a 25 percent increase in their pay went unnoticed.
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Fiat-chrysler Says Maserati Plant Strike In Italy Is "absolutely Incomprehensible"
"We wait until they get sleepy, waiting until they get so big they can barely move…and then we walk out of the shadows, quietly walk out of the dark…and strike!" This passage is from Maserati's 2014 Super Bowl spot named 'Strike'...
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Fiat To Halt Production In Two More Plants Due To Hauler's Strike, Says It's Reaching A Breaking Point
Adding to the Fiat Group's long list of troubles in Europe is the prolonged vehicle transporter strike in Italy. The company issued a statement today saying that it will temporarily suspend production at two plants in the country. These include...
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Strike 2: Uaw Goes On Strike Against Chrysler
Following the strike against GM a fortnight ago, UAW (United Auto Workers) went on strike against Chrysler LLC today after marathon negotiations between the union and the money-loosing American carmaker failed to produce a tentative agreement on a new...
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Gm Employees On Nationwide Strike As Uaw Talks Fail
As many insiders predicted, contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers failed resulting to the first nationwide strike of GM factory employees since 1970. The strike was caused due to the conflict between GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner's...
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General Motors Uaw Strike's #1 Fact
Depending on your perspective, there is one fact in two parts that intrigues me more than anything else when it comes to today's announcement that 73,000 United Auto Workers from some 80 facilities would strike. You ready? Every hour during which...
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