News | Economy & Labor Amazon Workers Threaten Holiday Strike If Company Keeps Refusing to Bargain The strike could hit major hubs in New York and California during one of the busiest sales seasons of the year. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams December 15, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Charlotte Airport Workers Strike Ahead of Thanksgiving The employees are demanding “an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.” By Eloise Goldsmith , CommonDreams November 25, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Boeing Workers Ratify Contract With 43.65 Percent Wage Increase Over 4 Years It also includes a ratification bonus, as well as improved retirement and health care benefits, and overtime rules. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams November 5, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Striking Workers Reject Boeing’s New Contract Offer “We’re in it for a good contract, not just an okay contract,” said one apprentice machinist. By Jenny Brown , LaborNotes October 24, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Boeing Union Workers Win Tentative Contract With 35 Percent Wage Increase The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 has been on strike since September 13. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams October 20, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 4, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor 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. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! October 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 27, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 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. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams September 27, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor 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. By Maryam Alaniz , LeftVoice September 22, 2024 Truthout