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Striking NYC Nurses Are 'Sounding an Alarm'

Workplace violence is a major focus of strike

(Newser) - New York City's nurses are still on the picket line, and they're talking about safety as well as pay. Five days into a strike involving nearly 15,000 nurses at three major systems—NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, and Montefiore—only NewYork-Presbyterian had returned to the bargaining table by Thursday...

Louvre Workers Double Down on Their Strike

Union employees at Paris museum complain of understaffing, building deterioration

(Newser) - Employees at the Louvre voted on Wednesday to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum. Union workers were protesting chronic understaffing, building deterioration, and recent management decisions—pressures intensified by a brazen crown-jewels heist in October. The decision came during a morning general...

Amid US-Ukraine Talks, a Major Drone Strike

Ukraine says Russia carried out attack with more than 650 drones, 50+ missiles

(Newser) - Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight, after US and Ukrainian officials said they'll meet on Saturday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war. Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching attack, which triggered air raid...

Starbucks Workers Notch a Win in 'Demands of Decency'

Coffee giant to pony up $35M settlement for 15K-plus staffers in NYC over erratic schedules, hours

(Newser) - Starbucks will pay about $35 million to 15,000-plus New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday, hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders visited striking baristas on a picket line. The development came amid...

Red Cup Day at Starbucks May Have Some Hiccups

Special promotion coincides with labor strike of 1K-plus unionized workers across the US

(Newser) - More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 US stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations. The strike was intended to disrupt Starbucks' Red Cup Day , one of the company's busiest days, per the AP . Since 2018, Starbucks has given out...

Canada Is Ending Home Mail Delivery
Canada Is Ending
Home Mail Delivery
Sep 26, 2025 2:09 PM CDT

Canada Is Ending Home Mail Delivery

Union launches national strike as Ottawa unveils sweeping postal cuts

(Newser) - The Canadian government announced Thursday that it will authorize Canada Post to end home mail delivery, sparking an immediate nationwide strike by postal workers. "The bottom line is this: Canada Post is effectively insolvent," said government minister Joel Lightbound. Officials said more than three-quarters of Canadians already...

Trump: We've Just Taken Out More 'Narcoterrorists'

Details aren't clear on who was aboard 3rd alleged drug-trafficking boat that US military struck, killing 3

(Newser) - On Friday, President Trump announced that the US military has destroyed a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, the third such strike in a month's time, reports the New York Times . "On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with...

South Korea's Young Doctors End Their 18-Month Strike

Return follows admission quota rollback

(Newser) - South Korea's longest-ever doctors' strike is finally winding down after 18 months, as interns and residents begin trickling back to their hospital posts. The mass walkout, involving over 10,000 young doctors and thousands of medical students who abandoned their classes, kicked off in February last year in...

Union Rejects Order, So Air Canada Scraps Restart

Government board had told flight attendants to be on the job by 2pm Sunday

(Newser) - Air Canada suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a government order to return to work. The Canada Industrial Relations Board had ordered employees back to work by 2pm Sunday, and Air Canada then said it planned to...

Government Forces Strikers, Air Canada Into Arbitration

Airline suspended all operations as 10K flight attendants struck

(Newser) - The Canadian government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration on Saturday, after the airline had suspended all operations earlier in the day. More than 10,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees struck after a deadline to reach a deal...

NJ Transit Strike Leaves 350K Commuters Stranded

It's the Garden State's first transit strike in 4 decades

(Newser) - New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday's rush hour in the nation's third-largest transit system, and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home....

At Costco, a Teamsters Strike Brews
Union Says Deal
Averts Costco Strike
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Feb 1, 2025 2:30 PM CST

Union Says Deal Averts Costco Strike

Teamsters members from warehouse giant had voted to OK strike unless there was agreement on a 'fair contract'

(Newser) - The Teamsters said Saturday a tentative agreement on a new contract has headed off a strike against Costco. The deal needs approval of union members before taking effect, the AP reports. The terms weren't released, but Costco had raised top pay for most of its nonunion US employees to...

Longshoremen, Ports Avert Costly Strike

Tentative agreement would add protections on technology taking jobs

(Newser) - US longshoremen reached a tentative contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a strike that could have shut down ports on the East and West coasts next week and significantly damaged the economy. The deal must still be voted on by union members, the Washington Post reports. If it'...

Amazon Delivery Drivers Strike Days Before Christmas

But the strike only impacts 7 facilities

(Newser) - Workers started striking at seven Amazon facilities Thursday, and more locations are expected to join. With mere days before Christmas, shoppers are starting to worry their gifts won't make it in time, the Washington Post reports. But CNN says the strike is so small, it's unlikely to have...

For Workers, It's 'Make Amazon Pay Day'

Amazon employees in 20 countries expected to make a show against union busting

(Newser) - It's Black Friday or, as the UNI Global Union calls it, " Make Amazon Pay Day ." For the last four years, Amazon workers in various countries have walked off the job on Black Friday to protest labor conditions and environmental harms. And this year they're doing the...

On Busy Week, a Busy Hub Is Hit by a Strike

Services workers walk out at Charlotte airport

(Newser) - This holiday week may be the busiest travel week on record, and a major airport hub is now navigating a strike on top of that. Services workers have walked off the job at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, reports Fox Business . The workers aren't directly employed by...

NYT Workers Behind 'Strikle' End Strike With No Deal

Tech workers union says the strike was a 'warning' to the newspaper

(Newser) - The New York Times Tech Guild ended its strike Monday, one week after most of the unit walked off the job. However, no contract deal has yet been reached; the union says the strike was a "warning" to the newspaper, the Washington Post reports. "We clearly demonstrated how...

Boeing Makes New Offer to Striking Workers

Union says latest offer is 'worthy of consideration'

(Newser) - Boeing and the union representing striking machinists have negotiated a new contract proposal that would provide bigger pay raises and bonuses in a bid to end a costly walkout that has crippled production of airplanes for more than a month, the AP reports. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace...

Boeing Yanks Its 'Best Offer' to Striking Workers

Takes 30% pay increase off the table

(Newser) - Boeing made a "best and final offer" to 33,000 striking workers in late September. It's now yanked it off the table. The Guardian reports the company has withdrawn it's 30% pay increase offer, which would have been phased in over four years, after talks reached a...

Tentative Pay Agreement Pauses Dockworkers' Strike

Union goes back to work through Jan. 15 while other issues are negotiated

(Newser) - After receiving an enhanced contract proposal, the International Longshoremen's Association suspended its three-day strike on Thursday that has shut major East and Gulf coast ports. The existing contract will remain in place through Jan. 15 to allow time for more negotiation over other issues, the Washington Post reports, after...

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