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Strikes
800 Educators in Scranton Prepare for Strike After 4 Years Without a Contract
If an agreement isn’t reached between the union and district management, a strike would start November 3.
Health Care Workers Sound Off About Solidarity and Why They’re Ready to Strike
“We are kind of at this breaking point. We're at this cusp,” says health care worker Hannah Winchester.
New Poll Finds Broad Support for Strikes Across the Country
The poll comes in a critical moment for the labor movement as a strike wave sweeps the U.S.
Election Will Determine Strike Power of US’s Largest Private-Sector Union
Whoever wins will determine how the Teamsters respond to the current moment of broader labor militancy.
Buffalo Health Care Workers Are on Strike for Better Wages and Patient Safety
Nurses, technicians, clerical workers and custodians at the city's Mercy Hospital have been on strike for three weeks.
NYC Taxi Drivers Launch Hunger Strike to Demand Relief From Medallion Debt
Thousands have accrued massive debt largely due to the city artificially inflating the cost of taxi medallions.
Sanders Rails Against John Deere Threat to Striking Workers’ Health Coverage
The farm equipment manufacturer plans to force 10,000 striking workers and their families off their health insurance.
Half a Million South Korean Workers Walk Off Jobs in General Strike
U.S. observers must not treat the struggle in South Korea as a distant concern.
“Striketober” Roars as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages
The U.S. is closer than it has been in decades to experiencing a general strike.
10,000 John Deere Workers Walk Off Job as Strike Wave Sweeps US
The workers are protesting low wages, long hours and inadequate benefits as the company reports record profits.