Strike Looms at Manchester Airport

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - Members of Unite, the UK's largest union, working for Fujitsu have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action as part of a UK-wide consultative ballot against a proposal to close the company's main final salary pension scheme and the imposition of a pay freeze. 87 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action and 96 per cent in favour of industrial action short of a strike.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - The House of Lords has delivered judgment in Moore Stephens' application to strike out the legal action brought against them by former client Stone & Rolls Limited (in liquidation). The House of Lords upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal to strike out the claim.

July 15th, 2009 FRANKFURT and MUNICH, Germany - The chairman of the board of Fraport AG, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bender, and the Governor of the city of St.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - Chaos for passengers has been narrowly averted at one of the world's busiest airports thanks to the intervention of Unite, the UK's biggest union. Unite had been pressing Heathrow's management at the British Airport Authority (BAA) to withdraw their plans to introduce two private hire concessions in the terminal car parks.

June 24th, 2009 FRANKFURT, Germany - - Pulkovo Airport: Gateway to Russia's Second Largest Metropolis and a Popular Tourist Destination Fraport AG is well positioned to assume the responsibility for operating Pulkovo Airport, Russia's fourth largest airport, beginning in 2010. As part of the international tender process, the City of St.

June 17th, 2009 BOLTON, England - Parcel2Go.com is anticipating a sales increase of GBP50,000 in just one day as Londoners seek alternative parcel delivery ahead of Friday's Royal Mail strike. More than 300,000 businesses and 8.5 million residents across London will be affected by the strike and already Parcel2Go is reaping the rewards with a 72 per cent increase in online enquiries so far from in and around London.

June 15th, 2009 DUBLIN - New Facility Part of Ambitious Expansion Plans at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust Campus ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that it has signed a collaborative agreement with the Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation (CMFT) to develop a purpose built translational medicine facility. The new facility will form part of an ambitious expansion plan being undertaken by Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust (CMFT) to develop the existing Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) campus.

May 28th, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - The Co-operative Bank is launching a new family travel and lifestyle benefit package which can be added to any Co-operative Bank Credit Card product offering customers an opportunity to choose benefits to suit their personal needs. The new benefits are available for a monthly subscription of GBP8.50 and could save customers a massive GBP500* and will be available from Thursday 23 April.

April 28th, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - With Photo If you want to make your own skateboard, a robot, or even a house.... you can bring your ideas and inventions to life at the UK's first FabLab which will open by the end of 2009 in Manchester.

March 18th, 2009 LONDON - Unite the union today (Thursday) rejected the demand from the Competition Commission that BAA has to sell Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports, in addition to the already agreed sale of Gatwick airport. According to Unite national secretary for aviation, Steve Turner: "The Commission has applied a narrow competition at all costs criterion to the complex operation of our airport operations which will not deliver and does not serve either the national transport infrastructure, the travelling public nor the thousands of airport workers across the country.

February 21st, 2009 LONDON - The company that runs Manchester airport confirmed that it is pursuing an insurance claim against Cristiano Ronaldo. The Manchester United winger crashed his Ferrari in an airport tunnel last month, causing an estimated 20,000 pounds ($28,900) worth of damage to brickwork, railings and an exit door.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A planned nationwide two-day strike by 15,000 airport employees from Thursday midnight has been called off after the government agreed to discuss their grievances, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said. 'The strike, called by the employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been called off,' the official said.

April 24th, 2009 Ga. airport tower evacuated after lightning strikeATLANTA — A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says an Atlanta airport tower was briefly evacuated after a lightning strike, but workers are now heading back inside. FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were evacuated at 8:49 p.m.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - British trade unions Thursday threatened a two-day strike over pay and conditions on London's busy Underground (Tube) network next month. Members of the RMT Union voted overwhelmingly for strike action in their dispute with transport employers.

September 4th, 2009 Lightning injures 4 workers at Mexico City airportMEXICO CITY — A lightning strike that hit a parked plane at Mexico City's airport has sent four employees working nearby to the hospital. Officials say the workers were apparently injured by the concussion from the afternoon strike, rather than by the electrical charge of the bolt itself.

July 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - The protest of nearly 3,000 taxies, who carry passengers to and from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, entered the second day on Sunday. The taxi drivers are protesting against the ban on the parking of taxis in the airport premises and imposition of new queue system.

July 7th, 2009 Plane returns to Md. airport after bird strikeLINTHICUM, Md.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON -): Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for the Manchester United club, has vowed to watch Britain's most loved TV sitcom 'Coronation Street'. Ronaldo revealed that he did not know what is Coronation Street until he was told that the Brit population is absolutely obsessed with it.

April 24th, 2009 Atlanta airport tower cleared after lightning hitATLANTA — Many flights bound for Atlanta's airport were being diverted Thursday night after a tower was briefly evacuated after a lightning strike, which was followed by a power failure, a federal spokeswoman said. Workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were evacuated at 8:49 p.m.

August 10th, 2009 MANCHESTER - Former cabinet minister and Salford MP Hazel Blears's car was attacked on Sunday while she was canvassing for votes. According to The Independent, the windscreen of the Citroen Xsara Picasso was smashed and all four tyres slashed while Blears knocked on doors in Weaste, Greater Manchester, police said.