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![The California Faculty Association's week of strikes continues at the Cal State LA campus in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1836107434-400x300.jpg)
California Faculty Association Escalates Strike Actions Ahead of Contract Battle
Demands include paid family leave, gender-inclusive restrooms, rules for expanding workloads and campus police reforms.
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Tired of Low Wages and Workplace Violence, Waffle House Workers Are Organizing
“We're sick and tired of making poverty wages, the constant threat of in-store violence, and mandatory meal deductions."
![Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers form a picket line at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, California, on October 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1717537492-400x300.jpg)
After Historic Strike, Unions Reach Tentative Deal With Kaiser Permanente
Workers secured a victory after the largest health care strike in U.S. history, protesting staff shortages and low pay.
![Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1012-uaw-ford-400x300.jpg)
Workers at Ford’s Most Profitable Plant Have Walked Off the Job
The UAW called on nearly 9,000 members in Kentucky to strike after Ford failed to offer a new contract proposal.
![Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on January 9, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1455314867-400x300.jpg)
New Jersey Nurses Enter Third Month of Strike for Safe Staffing
The striking nurses emphasized hospital understaffing endangers both workers and patients.
![United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets UAW members as they strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant on September 29, 2023, in Lansing, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1697758029-400x300.jpg)
United Auto Workers Announce Major Progress in Big 3 Strike Negotiations
UAW President Shawn Fain announced several significant concessions by GM, Ford and Stellantis in a Facebook Live video.