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Workers at 'Final Holdout' Vegas Casino Go on Strike

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas workers' contract expired in June

(Newser) - Hundreds of hotel workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip went on strike just before dawn Friday after a long and highly publicized fight for a new contract. The strike at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas marks the first open-ended strike in 22 years for the Culinary Workers Union,...

Port Strike Could Cause Big Problems With Your Coffee

Trader warns of a 'supply squeeze' as strike shuts down ports that 80% of imports come through

(Newser) - "People are going to sit up and realize how important longshoremen jobs are," union leader Harold Daggett said as the the dockworkers strike began at midnight Tuesday. Those words might hit home with disruption to the supply chain of a commodity many Americans start their day with. Reuters...

Port Backlogs Could Take Months to Clear

Dozens of container ships are already playing the waiting game at idled ports

(Newser) - Three days into the dockworkers strike , at least 45 container ships are lined up outside major US ports, blocked from unloading the produce, medical supplies, auto parts, and other goods they carry. That's up from just three ships on Sunday, two days before the International Longshoremen's Association initiated...

Dockworkers' Strike Could Welcome Back Inflation

45K workers at 36 ports demand higher wages, ban on automation; could cost economy $4B a day

(Newser) - Dockworkers at three dozen ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job early Tuesday in a strike that "could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks," the AP reports. The affected East and Gulf Coast ports "handle...

Boeing Workers Go On Strike for First Time in 16 Years
33K Boeing Workers
Go on Strike
Sep 13, 2024 5:02 AM CDT

33K Boeing Workers Go on Strike

It's company's first strike in 16 years

(Newser) - Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The strike started at 12:01am Pacific time, less than three...

Canada Rail Strike Threatens US Supply Chains
Canadian Government
Moves to End Rail Stoppage
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Aug 23, 2024 12:24 PM CDT

Canadian Government Moves to End Rail Stoppage

But union issued a strike notice hours after trains started rolling again

(Newser) - One of Canada's two major freight railroads resumed operating Friday after a stoppage that threatened the economy across North America. Canadian National trains began rolling at 7am all across Canada. Trains operated by the second company CPKC remained parked as the union representing the railways' 10,000 employees prepared...

'Due to a Strike, the Eiffel Tower Is Closed. We Apologize'
Eiffel Tower Remains Closed
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Feb 22, 2024 1:35 PM CST

Eiffel Tower Remains Closed

That's four days and counting because of strike

(Newser) - Visitors who hoped to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday were out of luck for the fourth consecutive day. The landmark remains closed amid a labor strike over allegations of financial mismanagement, reports the New York Times . Given that the stoppage comes just months ahead of the Summer...

Largest Strike of US Professors Did Not Last Long

California State University faculty reach tentative agreement on first day

(Newser) - California State University faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers struck at the nation's largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association will return to work Tuesday instead of continuing...

America's Latest Labor Strike Is Here
US' Latest Strike Is a Big One
Jan 22, 2024 11:57 AM CST

US' Latest Strike Is a Big One

30K California State University workers launch weeklong strike across 23 campuses

(Newser) - More than 30,000 professors, librarians, plumbers, electricians, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the US, walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State's 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU officials...

5 Beer Brands Could Soon Be Tough to Find
5 Beer Brands
Could Soon Be
Hard to Find
in case you missed it
Jan 21, 2024 6:30 AM CST

5 Beer Brands Could Soon Be Hard to Find

With contract set to expire, 5K Anheuser-Busch brewery workers threaten strike

(Newser) - Drinkers of Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Busch, and Stella Artois might have to test another brand. "Without a contract by February 29, there won't be any beer come March," the Teamsters union, representing 5,000 workers at 12 Anheuser-Busch breweries in 11 states, has warned after...

Today at Starbucks, a 'Red Cup Rebellion'

Staffers at 200-plus US stores will walk off job on Thursday to protest company's anti-union stance

(Newser) - Thousands of workers at more than 200 US Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. The Workers United union chose Starbucks' annual Red Cup Day to stage the walkout,...

After Months of 'Tense Negotiations,' Good News for Vegas

Vegas casinos, hotel workers union reach tentative deal to avoid a strike

(Newser) - Over seven months of tense negotiations, mandatory daily room cleanings underscored the big issues that Las Vegas union hotel workers were fighting to address in their first contracts since the pandemic. Those issues also included job security, better working conditions, and safety while on the job. From the onset of...

Strike a 'Victory for Autoworkers,' Not Necessarily for Consumers

Car prices could jump more than $1K to pay for new labor costs, one auto expert says

(Newser) - General Motors, the final holdout in the United Auto Workers strike, finally caved this week, reaching a tentative agreement with workers that would bring to an end six weeks of strikes that targeted GM, Ford, and Stellantis—the so-called Big Three of Detroit. Details for all of the automakers' agreements...

Next Strike Begins, With 75K Workers in 5 States
Kaiser Permanente Reaches
Deal With 75K Workers
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Oct 13, 2023 9:03 AM CDT

Kaiser Permanente Reaches Deal With 75K Workers

Health care staffers already staged one strike and had threatened another

(Newser) - Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company, per the AP . The three-day strike last week involving 75,000 workers in multiple states officially ended last Saturday, and...

Canadian Auto Workers' Strike Ends After 13 Hours

Union says GM gave in on all the issues it had been fighting it on

(Newser) - General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday, ending a strike that began just after midnight. About 4,300 striking workers at two GM factories and a parts warehouse returned to work Tuesday afternoon and will vote on the three-year deal later. Lana...

UAW Has Another Strike on Its Hands

4K Mack Trucks workers walk off the job after union rejects tentative deal on Sunday

(Newser) - Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7am, reports the AP , adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensnared...

Next Union Strike on the Table Could Shut Down Las Vegas

Tens of thousands of casino, hotel workers vote to authorize a walkout

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers fighting for new union contracts voted Tuesday to authorize a strike that could impact more than three dozen casinos and hotels. As the AP reports, the Culinary Workers Union hasn't gone on strike in more than three decades. The union didn'...

Biden Makes Big Announcement on UAW Strike

President is heading to Michigan on Tuesday to stand with union workers on the picket line

(Newser) - The United Auto Workers strike expanded on Friday , with union workers walking out of dozens of additional parts-distribution centers across the nation amid sluggish negotiations with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, Detroit's "Big Three" automakers. Now, a big-name boost is heading to the picket line next week: President...

Warning to UAW: Don't Kill 'the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg'

In 'NYT' op-ed, Steven Rattner worries about strike's 'implications for our economy,' and for Biden

(Newser) - The United Auto Workers union is threatening to expand its targeted strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers if major advances aren't seen in contract negotiations by Friday. But at least one person thinks that the UAW is "overplaying its hand" in taking on Ford, General Motors, and...

Workdays Lost to Strikes at Highest in 23 Years

Labor Department counts 4.1 million days of missed work last month alone

(Newser) - Last week's decision by the United Auto Workers to launch a strike isn't exactly an outlier. The Wall Street Journal reports that the US logged 4.1 million missed days of work because of labor strikes last month alone—the highest such monthly figure since August 2000. The...

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