Wal-Mart warehouse strike heats up
On Monday, 600-plus people marched to Wal-Mart's vast distribution warehouse in Elwood, Ill., to show support for 30 non-union workers who have been on strike since mid-September. Riot police were...
View ArticleWalmart strikes spread to more states
For the second time in five days – and also the second time in Walmart’s five decades – workers at multiple U.S. Walmart stores are on strike. This morning, workers walked off the job at stores in...
View ArticleMass anti-austerity protests hit Europe
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations...
View ArticlePicket line blocks Port of Oakland activity
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Custodial and maintenance workers picketed Tuesday at one of the nation's busiest ports, blocking trucks from picking up and delivering goods on what had been expected to be a...
View Article1,000 Walmart protests across the US
A Walmart press release this morning downplayed what commentators have called historic strike actions by Walmart workers this Black Friday across the United States.The release noted that "the same...
View ArticleLA, Long Beach Ports strike ends
Clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will return to work Wednesday after an eight day strike which crippled America's largest shipping port. Federal mediators from...
View ArticleMcDonald’s pay chasm: $8.25/hour to $8.75 million/year
Bloomberg has an article today highlighting the pay gap at McDonald's. The whole piece is worth a read but the beginning is particularly striking. It highlights Chicago man Tyree Johnson, who holds...
View ArticleJFK workers threaten strike next week
NEW YORK – Some security guards at John F. Kennedy International Airport have voted to go on strike next week if their employer doesn't respond to their concerns over issues including training and...
View ArticleLongshoremen strike averted, for now
NEW YORK (AP) - The union for longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico has agreed to extend its contract for 30 days, averting a possible strike that could have crippled operations at ports...
View ArticleNYC school bus drivers strike for job security
On Wednesday the school bus drivers of New York City are going on strike. The strike, threatened for weeks, comes as a result of disputes over certain job protections absent from new bus company...
View ArticleHundreds of low-wage federally contracted workers strike in D.C.
On Tuesday, hundreds of low-wage workers, employed under federal contract, went on strike in federally owned buildings in D.C. to ask for better wages and working conditions. As Josh Eidelson reported...
View ArticleNot all San Francisco Giants workers basking in victory
Patricia Ramirez has been working concessions for the reigning world champions of baseball, the San Francisco Giants, for 13 years. She takes a bus 30 minutes from her home in Oakland and then walks...
View ArticleTwo transit workers die as strike goes on
Just 48 hours after BART workers went on strike over pay and workplace rules, two workers were struck and killed by an out-of-service train during a track inspection.On Sunday the Amalgamated Transit...
View ArticleUnions, management reach deal to end BART strike
A deal between unions and management has brought to an end the four-day Bay Area transit worker strike. The BART system is expected to be fully operational again by Tuesday afternoon.The labor actions,...
View ArticleBREAKING: California Wal-Mart workers strike today, following stunning...
Southern California Wal-Mart workers planned to begin walking off the job at 7:30 AM PST this morning, launching the first multi-store Walmart work stoppage since the retail giant fired twenty workers...
View ArticleAnonymous Wal-Mart workers unload and urge protests on new website
One day into the latest Wal-Mart strike, the union-backed OUR Walmart campaign plans to unveil a new website on which employees can anonymously request protests at their store. The campaign said the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Truckers who haul for Wal-Mart and Forever 21 plan surprise strikes...
In labor’s latest challenge to a low-wage economy and a legal system that excludes huge swathes of the workforce, hundreds of non-union Port of Los Angeles truck drivers plan to stage surprise strikes...
View ArticleBreaking: Whole Foods strike wins Thanksgiving day off, workers say
A handful of Whole Foods workers plan to strike today at two stores, joining this month’s wave of non-union low-wage worker strikes and highlighting their opposition to an escalating trend: Employees...
View ArticleBiggest-ever fast food strike today! Thousands to walk out across 100 cities
Thousands of fast food workers plan to walk off the job in 100 U.S. cities today, a major escalation in labor’s strongest-ever challenge to an industry that’s become ever more central to the present...
View ArticleWal-Mart’s dirty partners pay up: Fired workers win thousands
Days after Wal-Mart warehouse workers in California announced a $4.7 million settlement over alleged stolen wages, workers fired from the retail giant’s top U.S. distribution center announced a new...
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