FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 100 spirited Teamsters Local 997 strikers lined the pavement in front of the Molson Coors plant here, which the bosses recently fenced off. The workers went on strike Feb. 17 after failing to reach a…
COVENTRY, England — Some 200 warehouse workers and their supporters marched and rallied outside the Amazon plant here Feb. 13. They were part of over 1,000 members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union who struck for better wages and…
ATLANTA — Two rail workers were killed on the job in the past month in Alabama and North Carolina. In a Feb. 15 statement, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters union said Brother Randall M.…
DURHAM, N.C. — In early February, Durham public school workers and support staff shut down as many as 12 schools in a fight with the Board of Education over pay. They set up picket lines, held rallies and brought their…
LYNWOOD, Calif. — Holding placards and wearing shirts demanding the reinstatement of nine fired workers, a spirited rally of 200 people was held across the street from St. Francis Medical Center here Feb. 10. Scott Byington, who has worked as…
“The company wants us to go back to work and submit everything to arbitration. But arbitration won’t give us what we deserve. You have to fight to get what you need, which for us is a 37% wage increase over…
CHELTENHAM, England — Some 5,000 workers marched behind union banners here Jan. 27 to protest against a new anti-union government law, the “Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.” The law was passed to cripple the impact of union strike action. Enacted…
LOS ANGELES — UNITE HERE Local 11 launched a new series of strikes at Hotel Figueroa Jan. 21 and DoubleTree by Hilton Jan. 22, both downtown here, and at Sheraton Park in Anaheim where hundreds of workers protested Jan. 25.…
LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Over 400 workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000, ratified a new, improved contract at three Macy’s stores in Washington Jan. 29 after strike actions at Alderwood, Southcenter and Bellingham malls. Strikers distributed leaflets…
LONDON — Some 150,000 teachers, health care workers, bus and train drivers, and other public sector workers stopped work Jan. 18 in the largest union day of action in Northern Ireland in decades. Members of 16 unions picketed and joined…
