Strikes

By tim bross ST. LOUIS, May 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the United Mine Workers of America on Friday told a bankruptcy judge it would be forced to strike if Patriot Coal Corp succeeds in voiding its contract with the union, as five days of contentious...

(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 3 (Reuters) - Barely a week after Margaret Thatcher's funeral in London, her ghost is stalking the corridors of power. At his press conference on...

JAKARTA, May 2 (Reuters) - A group of contract workers at the Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc will return to work on Friday after successful pay talks ended their three-day work stoppage at the world's second-largest copper mine. On...

* Some say law stretched beyond original intent * Questions about Obama drone policy fuel talk of change * Backing from Democrats and Republicans By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - A few dozen words rushed into law days after the Sept....

WASHINGTON — Confronted with a mass hunger strike and the use of forced feedings to keep inmates from starving, President Obama broke a long silence on the military prison for suspected foreign terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declaring it "not...

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, May 1 (Reuters) - Trains and ferries were cancelled and hospital staff walked off the job in Greece on Wednesday as workers marked May Day with a strike against harsh austerity required by the country's foreign lenders....

President Obama said in a news conference this week that he was directing his staff to re-launch his effort to close the U.S. detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and would look for allies in Congress to help. The prison...

April 30 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The union at the center of Alberta's illegal wildcat strike has...

— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...

* Dispute over union's proposals to improve safety * Exxon says prepared to unit Baytown refinery during strike HOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Workers have threatened to strike in June at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s largest U.S. refinery if the company refuses...

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Crack open the Ho Hos and Twinkies you’ve been hoarding. The new Hostess Brands said Monday that it would open bakeries in Indianapolis, Indiana and Illinois. The...

* Hunger strike refocuses attention on Guantanamo inmates * Families of inmates worried * Yemen says US cites lack of stability to justify keeping inmates By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, April 29 (Reuters) - Awdah al-Shabati has never seen her father...