STURTEVANT, Wis. — As negotiations are set to reopen between Case New Holland bosses and the United Auto Workers, whose members struck May 2, few on the union side of the table are ready to give in. “We’re not going…
McCOOK, Ill. — Some 300 members of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 went on strike June 7 against three Chicago-area quarry companies — Lehigh Hanson, Vulcan Materials and Lafarge Holcim — over unfair labor practices. The local has…
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Members of the International Association of Machinists on strike at Eaton Corporation’s Mission Systems Division here voted March 4 to reject for a second time a company takeback contract. The vote was 97% against. IAM Local 388…
DAVENPORT, Iowa — “It’s a wonderful feeling to be in a room with 242 union members and 98% vote to go on strike and reject the company’s ‘first, last, best and final offer,’” striker Scott Lang told this Militant worker-correspondent…
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Some 1,400 cereal workers, members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union, voted to end their 2 1/2 month strike against Kellogg’s, the union announced Dec. 21. The key issue in the battle…
CHICAGO — Some 250 union members who work for Metra rallied at the regional commuter rail system’s corporate headquarters here Nov. 12 demanding a new contract. “Our situation is unprecedented, we’ve been three years with no contract. We’ve had no…
CHICAGO — Some 2,000 Cook County Health hospital workers went on strike here June 25 in a fight for higher pay. The workers, including custodians, technicians, health care professionals and clerks, are members of Service Employees International Union Local 73.…
KENOSHA, Wis. — Some 2,000 demonstrators marched and rallied here Saturday, Aug. 29, to demand “Justice for Jacob,” in what was described as a “Peace March” hosted by the family of Jacob Blake Jr. Kenosha cop Rusten Sheskey shot 29-year-old…
CHICAGO — Striking nurses at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet voted July 20 to accept the bosses’ latest contract offer and end their strike, which began July 4. The vote was 57.2% in favor and 42.8% against.…
JOLIET, Ill. — Chanting, “What do we want? Safe staffing! When do we want it? Now!” some 200 striking nurses, their families and supporters rallied outside the AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center here July 12. The action was preceded…
