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Airbus employees in Spain voted to support a union-backed proposal ending months of intermittent strike action, unions said Thursday. The agreement removes an immediate source of disruption for Airbus operations in the country, though the available information does not detail the proposal’s terms or implementation timeline.
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Airbus employees in Spain voted to support a union-backed proposal ending months of intermittent strike action, unions said Thursday. The agreement removes an immediate source of disruption for Airbus operations in the country, though the available information does not detail the proposal’s terms or implementation timeline.
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