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A school bus company where a noose was found is ending its contract with St. Louis Public Schools

Mar. 26, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early, bringing an end to a relationship strained after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic and an ensuing driver walkout that snarled bus service for one of Missouri's...

Deal to end German rail strikes features a 35-hour work week with an option to work longer

Mar. 26, 2024 07:25 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Train drivers and some crew for Germany's main railway operator will see their working week reduced from 38 hours to 35 by 2029 without having their pay cut, but will have an option to work longer for more money, the two sides said Tuesday. The arrangement is central...

Hospitality workers ratify new contract with 34 Southern California hotels, press 30 others to sign

Mar. 25, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with 34 hotels after repeated strikes since the summer, their union announced Monday. Workers won higher pay, increased employer contributions to pensions, and fair...

German train drivers' union and railway operator reach a deal in their long dispute

Mar. 25, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main railway operator and a union representing many of its train drivers have reached a deal in a long dispute over working hours and pay that was marked by a string of strikes, the union said Monday. Neither the GDL union nor state-owned railway operator...

Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan

Mar. 25, 2024 09:32 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse on Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions. ...

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

Mar. 22, 2024 07:20 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protested in the streets Friday demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government, saying it had...

Why are striking doctors in South Korea facing license suspensions and what’s next?

Mar. 21, 2024 22:40 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as a punitive measure against their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations. Starting next week, the government said it will inform the striking...

Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services at public hospitals as strike enters second week

Mar. 21, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals on Thursday, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week. Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals since last Thursday over poor pay and working...

South Korea will take final steps to suspend licenses of striking junior doctors starting next week

Mar. 21, 2024 01:49 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week as they refuse to end their weekslong walkouts that have burdened the country’s medical services, officials said Thursday. More than 90% of the...

South Korea will suspend licenses of 2 senior doctors in first punishment for doctors' walkouts

Mar. 18, 2024 23:23 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities will suspend the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations, one of the doctors said Monday. The impending...