Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab factory workers voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike on Wednesday, in a blow to new CEO Kelly Ortberg’s plan to shore up the finances of the struggling planemaker.The vote was 64% in opposition to the deal, which offered a 35% rise in wages […]
Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel, against holdouts of the Palestinian militant […]
More than 75,000 healthcare workers began a strike Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. and will continue until Friday morning, making it the largest healthcare strike in American history. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, representing healthcare workers and support staff for one of the largest not-for-profit medical systems, announced last week that it would strike […]
The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three entered its fourth day with no signs of an early breakthrough and amid a threat by the United Auto Workers that the labor action could soon escalate. A spokesman for General Motors said that representatives of the company and the labor group were continuing to negotiate. But […]
Staff at three of America’s biggest carmakers have gone on strike in an unprecedented co-ordinated action. More than 10,000 workers are participating in the walkout, which targets three plants owned by General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis. The firms and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) are fighting over terms of new labour agreements. The […]
A strike at shipping giant UPS appears to have been averted in the US, after the company reached a tentative deal with the union that represents much of its staff. The union said the agreement would “set a new standard” for all delivery workers, granting raises, more full-time jobs and “dozens” of new workplace improvements […]
In one week, unionized workers at UPS will walk out if a labor agreement isn’t reached — an action that would have major economic consequences. UPS and the Teamsters union have been in contract negotiations for months, with the union overwhelmingly voting to strike if a deal isn’t inked by July 31. Now, with just […]
Jason Flynn loves one aspect of his part-time job as a UPS package sorter: He was able to get it in 15 minutes. What he doesn’t love, he said, is earning $18 an hour pay to move 70-pound packages every few seconds, the “noxious” air from the exhaust of trucks and the “supervisors yelling […]
As UPS and the Teamsters inch closer to a deadline that could result in a massive strike, President Joe Biden may be forced into another politically tough call on whether to intervene. UPS worker contracts are set to expire on July 31, and failure to reach an agreement could result in what would be the […]
The future of movies and television is up in the air after the first Hollywood writers strike in 15 years began Tuesday. The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East voted to strike after failing to reach a deal with major studios over the last six weeks. Shortly after the strike […]
It’s back to the drawing board for tens of thousands of rail workers. SMART Transportation Division, the largest freight rail union representing 28,000 conductors and other trainmen, has rejected the tentative agreement brokered by the Biden administration in September. The vote was extremely narrow — 50.87% voted against the deal. Another large rail union — […]
The Biden administration urged railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a railroad work stoppage, saying on Monday it would pose “an unacceptable outcome” to the U.S. economy that could cost $2 billion a day. Railroads, including Union Pacific (UNP.N), Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRKa.N) BNSF, CSX (CSX.O), and Norfolk Southern, have until a minute […]
