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• Deutsche Telekom Workers Continue Strike Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | 7:45 AM ET

  

  Workers at Deutsche Telekom entered the second month of a strike on Monday over plans to trim wages and extend hours, even as their union said it was mulling a return to the negotiating table.

• Walt Disney World, Union Strike Deal Thursday, 7 Jun 2007 | 4:48 AM ET

  

  Union members representing about one-third of Walt Disney World's workers approved a more than three-year contract, the company and union said.

• Union Group Attacks Wal-Mart Over Goods Made in China Thursday, 31 May 2007 | 5:08 PM ET

  Union-backed critics of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  are using a made-in-America campaign started by late founder Sam Walton in the 1980s to attack the global retailer for buying heavily from China.

• Portuguese Strike Falls Short on Effect Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | 10:02 AM ET

  A national strike by Portugal's largest labor union disrupted public services Wednesday, but the protest against the government's economic reforms largely fell short of its anticipated impact.

• SAS, Union Officials Meet in Effort to End Cabin Crew Strike Monday, 28 May 2007 | 5:18 AM ET

  Scandinavian Airlines officials met with union representatives Monday in a bid to end a cabin crew strike that has grounded hundreds of flights to and from Sweden since last week.

• Government Pressures Deutsche Telekom to End Strikes: Report Friday, 25 May 2007 | 6:26 AM ET

  Germany's government is putting pressure on Deutsche Telekom's chief executive Rene Obermann to end a dispute with trade union ver.di over plans to outsource 50,000 jobs into a new company, Handelsblatt reported, citing sources.

• SAS Sweden Cancels Friday Flights Due to Strike Threat Thursday, 24 May 2007 | 6:52 AM ET

  Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it was cancelling all flights by its Swedish unit on Friday due to a threatened strike by cabin crew.

• Writers Guild Strike Looms Monday, 21 May 2007 | 12:56 PM ET

  

  The Writers Guild of America warned the movie studios and TV networks that they're going to persist with demands for a bigger cut of new-media revenues.The WGA put out its 25-item "pattern of demands," which emphasize that writers must be compensated appropriately when their work is played on digital platforms like the internet or cell phones. That includes work created specifically for those new platforms, or content created for traditional media and repurposed for the new media world.

• UAW Backing Suggests Cerberus's Long-Term Commitment to Chrysler Monday, 14 May 2007 | 1:16 PM ET

  

  Bradley Rubin, an auto trading specialist at BNP Paribas, told CNBC’s “Morning Call” that he’s surprised the United Auto Workers Union supports Cerberus Capital Management’s deal for Chrysler.

• GM's U.S. Problem Thursday, 3 May 2007 | 2:17 PM ET

  

  If this sounds like a broken record, forgive me. But if you are looking for a reason why GM's turnaround is only a mild success, it's right here in the U.S. Just check out the company's latest earnings, which show a profitable business around the world, but one that is still in the red in the land of the red, white and blue.

• GM's CEO Says North American Operations Can Be Profitable Thursday, 3 May 2007 | 9:23 AM ET

  

  Richard Wagoner, chief executive officer at General Motors, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he’s confident the company’s North American operations can be profitable.

• German Workers Strike to Push For Wage Increase Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | 11:46 AM ET

  More than 60,000 workers in Germany's engineering and metalworking sector took part in temporary stoppages on Wednesday, turning up the pressure on employers the day before a key round of wage negotiations.

• Study Says Wal-Mart's Anti-Union Tactics Violate Workers' Rights Tuesday, 1 May 2007 | 3:01 AM ET

  Wal-Mart's exploitation of weak U.S. labor laws interferes with workers' rights to organize and violates the human rights of its employees, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, an independent nongovernment organization.

• Peruvian Miners' Strike Launches, Could Be Declared Illegal Monday, 30 Apr 2007 | 4:31 PM ET

  The South American country is the world's No. 3 copper and zinc producer, a top-two silver producer and No. 5 in gold, and labor unrest in Peru has flared in recent weeks.

• Peru Mining Strike Looking Inevitable, Unions Say Friday, 27 Apr 2007 | 5:11 PM ET

  The South American country is the world's No. 3 copper and zinc producer, a top-two silver producer and No. 5 in gold.

• General Motors Cuts Work at Two Plants after Talks Fail: WSJ Friday, 27 Apr 2007 | 3:30 AM ET

  General Motors suspended development work at two U.S. plants after talks between the union and management on cost cutting ended, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.

• Northwest Airlines Flight Attendants Agree to Pay Cuts Thursday, 26 Apr 2007 | 12:19 PM ET

  Association of Flight Attendants spokeswoman Karen Schultz said the agreement reached early Thursday met the $195 million target for yearly savings that the airline demanded.

• UAW Group, Tracinda Discuss Bids for Chrysler: WSJ Monday, 23 Apr 2007 | 1:32 AM ET

  Representatives of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, met with United Auto Workers members Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reports.

• Freeport Indonesia Miners Head Back to Work Sunday, 22 Apr 2007 | 10:57 AM ET

  Thousands of workers headed back to Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mine in Indonesia on Sunday in a fleet of buses after ending a four-day walkout that sent copper prices to seven-month highs.

• Business Sentiment in Germany Soars Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007 | 6:46 AM ET

  The sick man of Europe is feeling much better, with investor and business sentiment in Germany's economy soaring for the fifth month in a row, according to a survey released Tuesday.