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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

The new secretary general of the UGT FICA de Catalunya, Antonia Fuentes, attends to the media during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalunya (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metal Sector Protests Against UPM in Barcelona - Spain

Several people during a rally of the metal sector, on October 29, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). CCOO and UGT de Catalunya have called a strike today and tomorrow to which 180,000 metal workers in the province of Barcelona are called, in protest against the "unwillingness" of the employers' union Unió Patronal Metal-lúrgica (UPM) to reach an agreement on the sector's collective bargaining agreement. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greece: Workers Across Greece Join New 24-Hour General Strike 2

On Wednesday, April 9, public and private sector workers in Greece have begun a 24-hour strike to demand a salary increase and the full restoration of collective bargaining rights. This action is also causing disruptions to public services throughout the country.

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Greece: Protesters in Corfu Call for Gaza Ceasefire Amid Nationwide Strike

On Wednesday, April 9, Greece experienced a 24-hour strike by public and private sector workers who were demanding salary increases and the complete reinstatement of nationwide collective bargaining rights.  In Corfu, some demonstrators participating in the national strike also raised the flag of Palestine to call for a ceasefire.

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Greece: Workers Across Greece Join New 24-Hour General Strike

On Wednesday, April 9, public and private sector workers in Greece have begun a 24-hour strike to demand a salary increase and the full restoration of collective bargaining rights. This action is also causing disruptions to public services throughout the country.

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Hitachi, Ltd. submitted a written request for spring collective bargaining

Hitachi, Ltd. submits written demands for spring collective bargaining. Photo Shows (2nd left) Miyuki Hanzawa, President of the Central Executive Committee of the Hitachi, Ltd. labor union, handing over the written demands, and (3rd left) Susumu Takimoto, Deputy CHRO of Hitachi, Ltd.=February 13,2025,Tokyo

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Red Chilli Pepper Processing - Bangladesh

Red chilli peppers being dried under the sun near Jamuna river at Bogra Bangladesh on February 29, 2024. Every day they earn less than USD $1 (Taka. 110) after work 8 hours a day. In northern areas of Bangladesh mostly women are engaged in its production and processing along with their regular unpaid care work. Women in this area have limited or no access to markets or finance; they have less bargaining power and limited income. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghans struggle to keep houses warm in winter amid poverty, sanctions

STORY: Afghans struggle to keep houses warm in winter amid poverty, sanctions SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ABDULLAH, Resident in Kabul 3. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): HAJJI JUMA GUL, Wood seller in Kabul 5. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): KHALIL, Three-wheel vehicle driver 7. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: As the chilly winter is approaching in war-ravaged and mountainous Afghanistan, Abdullah, a resident in the national capital Kabul, is bargaining with a wood seller to buy firewood at a low price in order to keep his home warm in the harsh winter. Although the weather in Kabul and many other parts of Afghanistan is already cold, and some mountains have been covered with snow, the winter season usually begins in mid-December in

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (L), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, on March 17, 2010, speak after most major Japanese manufacturers offered the same day to resume automatic annual pay hikes this year as demanded by their trade unions. Such pay hikes were frozen last year amid the global recession. Their offer came at the peak of annual spring labor-management wage bargaining.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara, president of the International Metalworkers Federation-Japan Council of Metalworkers Union (IMF-JC), speaks at a news conference at IMF-JC headquarters in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, after management of major Japanese manufacturers replied to unions' demand for pay hikes. Annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak the same day in Japan.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Satoshi Ozawa speaks about the management's reply to the union's demand for a pay hike at a news conference at Toyota's headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 17, 2010, as annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak.

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining.

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks in a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining.

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NTT union endorses restructure plan

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The workers union of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) holds a general meeting in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 30. It approved a radical NTT restructuring plan aimed to slash personnel costs through wage cuts or transfers to lower-paid subsidiaries, tagging the approval with stiff conditions that could lead to tough bargaining with management.

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RCEP to have strong bargaining power over other economies: Indonesian economist

STORY: RCEP to have strong bargaining power over other economies: Indonesian economist DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jakarta 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOHAMMAD FAISAL, Executive director, Center of Reform on Economics Indonesia STORYLINE: An Indonesian economist said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will soon have stronger bargaining power over other economic powers. SOUNDBITE (English): MOHAMMAD FAISAL, Executive director, Center of Reform on Economics Indonesia " The RCEP has become the largest trading block, the largest regional economic block in the world. And it will, I think, soon have stronger bargaining power over other economic powers, including the U.S. and also the European Union. You can imagine in terms of the population, it consists of 30 percent of the world's population. And also GDP, it is about 30 percent of the (global) GDP. Then it means that with stronger ba

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