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Category: Strikes
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The Week in Business: Labor Actions Sweep Britain
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Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?
The New York Times – Business: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.
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New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike
The New York Times – Business: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.
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U.K. Braces for Strikes Across Several Industries Through Christmas
The New York Times – Business:Job actions by ambulance staff, nurses, rail workers and others will hit Britain every day between now and Dec. 25.
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Strikes Across Iran Lead to Shuttered Shops and Ghost Towns
The New York Times – Business: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.
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What to Know About Biden’s and Congress’s Involvement in the Rail Strike
The New York Times – Business: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.
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Some Rail Workers, Seeking Sick Days, Say Biden Betrayed Them
The New York Times – Business:The request for Congress to impose contract terms that several unions had rejected rankled rank-and-file members who had rallied behind the president.
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Congressional Leaders Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike
The New York Times – Business:President Biden said that the prospect of a strike next month had put the U.S. economy “at risk.”
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What We Know About the Railroad Labor Talks to Prevent a Strike
The New York Times – Business: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.
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What We Know About the Railroad Labor Talks
The New York Times – Business: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.