Strike
People living in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle may have a hard time getting Starbuck. Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. The strike, which would come a day after online retail giant Amazon was also hit by a walkout […]
If you’re doing any last minute Amazon shopping, 7 facilities began their strike Thursday morning. The Teamsters said Amazon ignored the December 15th deadline with union contract negotiations. The strikes happening Thursday are taking place at one Amazon warehouse in San Francisco, California, and six delivery stations in southern California, New York City; Atlanta, Georgia, […]
A major union for U.S. dockworkers and the United States Maritime Alliance agreed on Thursday to a tentative deal on wages and have extended their existing contract through Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The move ends a strike that had snarled East Coast and Gulf Coast ports since the beginning […]
For the first time since 1977 thousands of east coast dock workers walked off the job at midnight after union workers failed to reach an agreement with port owners. Union workers are fighting for higher pay and the ban on automated cranes, gates and container moving trucks for unloading. Port strike called at East and […]
Housekeepers at major hotel chains, represented by the UNITE HERE union, have begun striking in several U.S. cities, demanding higher wages and the reinstatement of automatic daily room cleaning. Many hotels reduced daily cleaning services during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing environmental reasons, but workers argue this has led to overwhelming workloads and reduced hours. The […]
Hollywood’s video game performers have begun picketing at Warner Bros. Studios after negotiations for a new contract with major game studios, such as Activision and Disney, failed. The primary issue is the unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI), which actors fear could replicate their voices and performances without consent or fair compensation. This protest follows […]
Rochester Regional Health released a statement, ensuring uninterrupted care for the community during a potential nurses strike at Rochester General Hospital this week. If the strike were to happen, RRH said RGH will operate at normal business hours and has contracted hundreds of replacement nurses who were carefully selected and trained from a national agency. […]
More than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike yesterday morning for the first time since 2007. A statement from the union leadership states; “Though we negotiated intent on making a fair deal … the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are […]
As Kellogg’s workers and the union representing its cereal plant workers have jointly announced a tentative agreement to put an end to the months-long strike at the company, this strike may even last longer than anticipated. A key issue that is debated at the plant is “a two-tier” issue. Currently, employees who started in 2015 […]
Kellogg’s is not playing when it comes to making sure the show doesn’t stop but in this case production of their products. The union for 1400 Kellogg’s workers rejected the deal that would have given them a 3% raise. The workers continue to strike so Kellogg’s said it will replace those workers with new permanent […]
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