trade union

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In December, trade unions took part in a protest against an increase in the price of school dinners and other savings plans announced by the EA.

From BBC

Five workers at a western Iranian sugar factory who had been striking for better pay were released late Tuesday, according to the Free Workers’ Union of Iran, the country’s main federation of independent trade unions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Members of the trade union Nipsa, who are mostly administrative staff, voted in favour of industrial action following a recent ballot.

From BBC

"We want the repeal of that decree," Mario Argollo, the main leader of the country's largest trade union, Bolivian Workers' Central, told AFP.

From Barron's

Telefonica will cut up to 5,500 jobs in Spain under a voluntary departure plan agreed with trade unions last week, the debt-laden telecoms firm said in a statement on Monday.

From Barron's