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Strikes
Nurses in Texas and Kansas Make History With a Massive Strike
Safe staffing levels have been a key bone of contention between the striking nurses and Ascension management.
“Time for UPS to Pay Up”: 97 Percent of UPS Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike
If the strike takes place, it could be the largest strike against a single employer in U.S. history.
Teamsters Kick Off Strike Authorization Vote for Nearly 350,000 UPS Workers
As UPS drivers and organizers, we want workers everywhere to see that building a union opens the door to a better world.
Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections for Striking. Only Jackson Dissented.
Unions still have the right to strike, but eight Supreme Court members erected barriers to that fundamental right.
Journalists at US’s Largest Newspaper Company Walk Out Against Corporate Greed
They say CEO Mike Reed has overseen the gutting of local newsrooms while collecting a multimillion-dollar salary.
SCOTUS Has Dealt a New Blow to Unions — But the Right to Strike Still Stands
The Supreme Court's recent anti-labor ruling in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters is not as far-reaching as workers feared.
One Small Union Is Stoking Much of the Militant New Graduate Worker Organizing
Stoked by an independent union, grad worker unionization is transforming the labor movement and progressive politics.
Media Covered Up 1937 Memorial Day Massacre When Cops Killed 10 During Strike
The workers were on strike against Republic Steel, and the police attacked them with weapons supplied by the company.
United Pilots Picket for New Contract as Strikes Loom at Southwest and American
United pilots protested at airports across the U.S. on the heels of strike-authorization votes at two other airlines.
Unionized Film and TV Writers Strike in Los Angeles and New York
At issue are pay scales, residual fees and base employment guarantees in the era of online streaming.