Labor and strikes

On Feb. 4, workers gathered in a Greeley, Colorado hotel to vote for strike authorization, empowering the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) meatpackers union members Local 7 to go on strike if negotiations broke […]

The New York State Nurses Association reached a tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian on Friday, Feb. 20, after a 39-day strike — the longest nursing strike in New York City history. The strike is not formally […]

Baltimore – On Wednesday, Feb. 11, janitors working for CVVY Enterprises, SEIU Local 32BJ, local activists and church leaders met in front of the Department of Labor office on 100 S. Charles Street to make […]

Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian are fighting a battle on two fronts. For four weeks they have stood on picket lines in freezing temperatures demanding enforceable staffing ratios. Now they face a ratification vote forced by their […]

On Day 25 of the largest nurses strike in New York City history, 13 nurses walked up the steps of 555 West 57th Street in Manhattan, stood in front of the doors with arms linked, […]

Feb. 8 — More than 6,400 educators in the San Francisco Unified School District are set to begin a district-wide strike Monday morning, Feb. 9, following more than a year of failed contract negotiations. It […]

On day 23 of the strike, nearly 15,000 nurses with the New York State Nurses Association are still holding picket lines across New York City — at Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian […]