Search results
1 – 10 of 145With trade policy, particularly towards China, likely to have an unusually high-profile role in this year’s presidential election, there is a growing awareness of the extent to…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286658
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
These changes, which focus particularly on casual workers, faced particular lobbying from parts of the business sector, which described them as costly and unnecessary, but they…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282370
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
These subsidies were scheduled to end in June. The Council justified the decision on the need for more preparatory work, particularly by the incoming administration of…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278745
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The union represents some 340,000 workers at UPS, the largest US package delivery company. The United States is experiencing a rise in strikes and work stoppages espite low union…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280183
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The administration is adopting a 'whole of government' approach to arrest economic decline, enhance resilience, protect the environment, check inequality and revive well-paying…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278985
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
President Ranil Wickremesinghe was prime minister and acting leader when he announced the restrictions. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had days earlier resigned as president in the face of…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272297
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The French government is using its emergency powers to break a two-week strike at five of the country's eight refineries, which has caused fuel shortages nationwide. Union action…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273321
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
This follows several strike actions in November, including a general strike of November 9 and an unprecedented three-day rail strike on November 28-30. The action is the most…
From November 21, private sector workers can now work four instead of five days per week as part of the federal government’s new Labour Deal. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274433
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
The decision applies to Ghana’s Eurobonds, commercial term loans and most of its bilateral debt. It does not apply to multilateral debt. The government, which reached a…