strike

Representational image. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Chattogram prime mover workers' strike continues for second day

The strike, called by the Chattogram District Prime Mover Trailer, Concrete Mixer, Flatbed, and Dump Truck Workers Union, began at 6am yesterday (21 October)

Container shipping, the backbone of the global trading system, is showing signs of fatigue as the pandemic descends into its darkest days. PHOTO: REUTERS
Bangladesh

Container movement at Ctg port halted amid transport workers' strike

Workers from International Training Service Ltd began their strike at around 7:45am, halting production till noon. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Workers strike in Gazipur over 6-point demand

Members of the International Longshoremen's Association union, which represents roughly 45,000 workers, stand outside Maher Terminal on strike in Elizabeth, New Jersey, US, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
USA

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping

Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar doctors return to work following assurance of safety

Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, US June 25, 2024. Photo: Jennifer Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

Boeing strike could exacerbate global jetliner shortage: experts

Boeing factory workers hold signs as they wait to vote on their first full contract in 16 years, at an International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 union hall, in Renton, Washington, US 12 September 2024. Photo: REUTERS/David Ryder
World+Biz

Boeing US factory workers on strike after 96% vote for walkout

Photo: UNB
Splash

Bangladesh Association of AdFilm and Content Producers calls for indefinite strike

Workers of BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, are seen in front of the open pit, in Antofagasta, northern Chile March 31, 2008. Picture taken March 31, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
Global Economy

Workers strike at world's biggest copper mine in Chile

Staffers protest in front of Palli Biddyut Samity office in Munshiganj on 5 May 2024. File Photo: TBS
Energy

Palli Bidyut Samity staff to go on strike again

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 8, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Middle East

Israel strikes eastern Rafah ignoring US warning on arms supply halt

Staffers protest in front of Palli Biddyut Samity office in Munshiganj on 5 May 2024. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Palli Bidyut Samity staff call for indefinite strike

Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Doctors' protest paralyses private healthcare in Ctg, patients flood public hospitals