A strike is a planned work stoppage by employees to protest working conditions, wages, or policies. In travel, strikes often affect airlines, trains, and public transport, leading to delays, cancellations, and disruptions for passengers.
See the latest news on strikes below.
Tens of thousands of transport workers brought Germany to a standstill on Monday (27 March) during the country’s most widespread strike action over three decades.
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Strike action forced Germany’s Munich Airport to cancel all regular flights scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
Hundreds of flights were canceled at four German airports on Friday, March 17, 2023 as security staff walked off the job due to an ongoing dispute over pay and work conditions.
Hundreds of flights were canceled at four German airports on Monday as security staff began their one-day strike.
More than half of all trains scheduled to run in Portugal on Monday morning were canceled as workers began a four-day strike.
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A weekly strike of air traffic controllers in Spain began on Monday, January 30, 2023, as 162 workers walked off the job.
Days after the Berlin Airport strike that forces the airport’s closure to commercial flights, today, dozens of flights were canceled at Germany’s Dusseldorf airport due to a fresh strike by ground personnel.
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Germany’s Berlin-Brandenburg airport canceled all flights on Wednesday as ground staff began a full-day walkout due to an ongoing dispute over pay and work conditions.
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Train drivers in Britain are set to hold fresh strikes next month after rejecting an “unacceptable” pay offer.
UK Train Drivers to Go on Strike beginning of February 2023 Read More »
Railway workers on Wednesday, Jan. 4 gathered at picket lines across the UK as tens of thousands of members of the country’s biggest rail union continues the strike on the second day.
Various sectors in the UK will see more disruption in early 2023, particularly transportation, as pay disputes continue to fuel labor strikes.
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A strike by inspectors at French rail operator SNCF is threatening to spoil the Christmas weekend for the French, with only two out of three trains expected to be in service.
