MONTREAL — The Canadian government announced Sept. 26 it was further slashing door-to-door mail delivery and closing many of the country’s rural post offices to save money in an “existential” crisis. “In response to the Government’s attack on our postal…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “The BCGEU’s strike action increased today, with workers walking off the job at 17 additional BC Liquor Stores across the province, as well as at the Ministry of Attorney General,” the British Columbia General Employees’ Union…
MONTREAL — After voting 96% to go on strike 11 days earlier, the 32 port agents at the Montreal Gateway Terminals here, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4317, walked out Sept. 22. This terminal specializes in…
ATLANTA — More than 400 Teamsters Local 25 members at waste-hauler Republic Services in the Boston area ended their hard-fought strike Sept. 19, ratifying a new contract by 92%. The union said the workers won a 46% wage increase over…
NEW YORK — Two hundred Teamsters ended a 16-day strike against Perrigo Co., an over-the-counter-drug manufacturer in the Bronx. The workers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a three-year contract Sept. 18. The workers, members of Teamsters Local 210, won higher wages,…
HOUSTON — Some 400 members of UNITE HERE Local 23 have been on strike at the city-owned Hilton Americas hotel here since Labor Day. They’ve now extended their strike, originally set for 10 days, through Oct. 12. One of their…
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 600 midwives and nurse anesthetists went on strike at 20 hospitals throughout the Kaiser Permanente system in Northern California Sept. 8. Hundreds rallied and picketed on a busy street outside the Oakland Kaiser hospital, demanding…
PITTSBURGH — Nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital led the Labor Day parade of thousands here Sept. 1. In mid-August they voted to join the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania by a vote of 402 to 305. The University of Pittsburgh…
HOUSTON — After nine days on strike, 400 workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 23 who work at Hilton Americas-Houston here have extended their walkout through Sept. 20. The extension was announced as over 150 strikers and their supporters attended…
ATLANTA — Nearly 100 workers who operate and maintain the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s Plane Train voted 56-24 to go union. The International Association of Machinists Rail Division and Transportation Communications Union/IAM announced the election results Aug. 20. The Plane…
