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Dockworkers End Strike After Offer of 62 Percent Wage Hike Over 6 Years
The tentative agreement reached Thursday included a wage boost higher than the shipping giants' original offer.
45,000 Dockworkers Shut Down Ports From Maine to Texas Over Pay and Automation
The International Longshoremen’s Association is launching the first strike of its kind in almost 50 years.
Kansas City Tenants Launch National Rent Strike to Demand Federal Rent Cap
Striking renters are protesting dismal living conditions and demanding protection from abusive corporate landlords.
Longshoremen Threaten Strike as GOP Pushes Biden to Intervene in Contract Battle
Over 25,000 workers may walk off the job Tuesday, shutting down ports across the East Coast if a deal isn’t reached.
The Pro-Palestine Student Movement Should Unite With the Boeing Workers’ Strike
Boeing is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors aiding the genocide in Palestine.
Biden Joined the UAW Picket Line Last Year. Will He Do the Same With Boeing?
The Boeing strike is the latest test of the Biden-Harris administration’s labor agenda, with more challenges on the way.
Boeing Workers Go on First Strike Since 2008 After Rejecting Tentative Contract
The work stoppage comes as Boeing is working to increase airplane production amid questions about its safety standards.
Buffalo Medical Residents Are Striking for Fair Pay and Better Conditions
The labor action by medical residents in Buffalo is the latest in the medical worker unionization wave sweeping the US.
Unionized Rideshare Drivers Vow Future Strikes After Jamming Nashville Airport
Striking Uber and Lyft drivers showed their power in Tennessee over Labor Day weekend and have vowed future strikes.
Cornell Has Driven Up Local Cost of Living. Workers Had No Choice But to Strike.
The university’s service and maintenance staff struck for two weeks, saying they can no longer afford to live in Ithaca.