Category: Strikes

Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?

His opposition to a union isn’t primarily about the bottom line, friends say. It clashes with his image of Starbucks as a model employer.
New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike

Negotiators for the company and the union, which represents most of the newsroom, have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues.
U.K. Braces for Strikes Across Several Industries Through Christmas

Job actions by ambulance staff, nurses, rail workers and others will hit Britain every day between now and Dec. 25.
Strikes Across Iran Lead to Shuttered Shops and Ghost Towns

Activists say it is the next phase in an uprising that began in September, after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.
With Senate Vote, Congress Moves to Avert Rail Strike

Bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate pushed through a bill that would impose an agreement between rail companies and their workers.
What to Know About Biden’s and Congress’s Involvement in the Rail Strike

President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to head off a holiday-season rail strike, warning that a disruption to service could cause dire economic damage.
Some Rail Workers, Seeking Sick Days, Say Biden Betrayed Them

The request for Congress to impose contract terms that several unions had rejected rankled rank-and-file members who had rallied behind the president.
Congressional Leaders Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike

President Biden said that the prospect of a strike next month had put the U.S. economy “at risk.”
What We Know About the Railroad Labor Talks to Prevent a Strike

Congressional lawmakers vowed to act quickly to prevent a strike by tens of thousands of rail workers, which would have a devastating effect on the economic recovery.
What We Know About the Railroad Labor Talks

President Biden has asked congressional lawmakers to step in to help prevent a possible strike by tens of thousands of rail workers, which would have a devastating effect on the economic recovery.
Key Union Votes Down Freight Rail Contract, Making Strike More Likely

The tentative agreement, brokered in September with help from the Biden administration, had averted a strike before the midterm elections.
Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally

Workers said they were protesting the company’s refusal to bargain in good faith and other anti-union activity.