More than 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center are seeking better wages and working conditions.
Category: Strikes
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NYC Nurses Prepare to Strike at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Hospitals
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U.K. Rail Strike May Scuttle Post-Holiday Plans to Return to Work
The New York Times – Business:Public sympathy for striking nurses and other health workers is particularly strong, posing a challenge for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has promised to confront trade unions.
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‘Most Pro-Union President’ Runs Into Doubts in Labor Ranks
The New York Times – Business:Many union leaders say the Biden White House has delivered on its promises. But its handling of a freight rail dispute has given rise to detractors.
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U.K. Braces Amid Largest Walkout by Ambulance Workers in Decades
The New York Times – Business:The industrial action, seeking higher pay and better working conditions, was driven by a cost-of-living crisis and coincides with strikes by rail workers, nurses and others.
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The Week in Business: Labor Actions Sweep Britain
The New York Times – Business:The national average gasoline price has fallen to where it was a year ago. China’s economy is not expected to bounce back quickly, as it rolls back “zero Covid” policies. And the Fed meets.
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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.