BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — Some 120 members of United Auto Workers Local 588 went on strike against Metal-Matic here Feb. 22 in a fight over wages and health insurance. This is the union’s first contract fight since workers voted to…
After more than eight months on strike, United Auto Workers members voted to approve a four-year contract with Case New Holland. They pulled down picket lines at plants in Iowa and Wisconsin and returned to work Jan. 30. Corey Gray,…
CHICAGO — Nearly 900 faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago struck Jan. 17, demanding pay raises to keep up with inflation, job security and expanded mental health support for students. They are members of UIC United Faculty, an…
CHICAGO — “I’m glad we stayed strong because we ended up with a lot better contract,” bakery worker Elaine Sweiger told the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sweiger was one of 122 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local…
CHICAGO — Some 440 health care workers, members of the Illinois Nurses Association at Howard Brown Health, carried out a three-day strike Jan. 3-5, protesting the layoff of 61 union workers. Strikers include therapists, health educators and greeters, among others,…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — “This is our 151st day on strike and we’re still holding the line,” Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 100G President Mike Moore told this fellow union member and Militant worker-correspondent on the picket…
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — Some 200 United Auto Workers Local 180 members and their supporters rallied in subfreezing weather here Dec. 17 to build support for their strike against the bosses at Case New Holland. The 600 Case workers at…
STURTEVANT, Wis. — “We have a life outside of the job. I have three daughters ages 1, 10 and 13. I need to spend time with them, to raise them,” Case New Holland striker and United Auto Workers Local 180…
STURTEVANT, Wis. — The 600 members of United Auto Workers Local 180 here, and 430 in UAW Local 807 in Burlington, Iowa, remain strong in their strike against Case New Holland. The strike began May 2. Case New Holland is…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Some 200 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 100G and supporters picketed and rallied here Aug. 5, the fifth day of their strike against Ingredion bosses. “The company’s offer increases workers’ health…
