Japan will observe four separate national holidays during the 2016 “golden week” holiday period April 29-May 8. Public holidays will be observed on April 29 and May 3, 4, and 5, although the heavy traffic associated with the holiday period is very likely to run April 29-May 8. Tens of …

An ongoing nationwide hotel and restaurant workers’ strike in Norway is likely to intensify in the coming days with an additional 2,500 workers to join the protest action from 0800 April 30. The labor action has forced at least 363 hotels and restaurants across Norway to close outright, including many …

Multiple labor unions and activist groups are planning to stage rallies drawing tens of thousands of people at industrial sites and government buildings in major cities across Indonesia to commemorate Labor Day, May 1.