MANTECA, Calif. — Three dozen members of Teamsters Local 439 went on strike against Republic Services Forward Landfill here July 8, 15 miles south of Stockton in Northern California. The company’s garbage truck drivers, members of the same local, are…
STILLWATER, Minn. — Over 80 members of Service Employees International Union Minnesota & Iowa held a four-day strike here July 8-11 as they fight for a contract from HealthPartners SMG clinic. The strikers are licensed practical nurses, certified medical assistants…
PHILADELPHIA — The strike by some 9,000 city workers here remains solid in the face of the city government’s intervention to try to restrict picketing. Members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 are fighting…
PHILADELPHIA — Some 10,000 city workers, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33, walked off the job July 1. The union represents sanitation workers, 911 emergency call center dispatchers, library assistants, as well…
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — In September 2024 workers at the Walmart distribution center on the outskirts of Toronto voted to make Unifor their union by 56%. Over 800 workers here pack and deliver products to Walmart stores all over Ontario. Now…
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — After 62 days on strike, Teamsters drivers and helpers at the airline catering company Flying Food Group here at San Francisco International Airport returned to work with a significant pay raise and a year of…
HOOPESTON, Ill. — Since the beginning of June, some 65 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 1 at the Teasdale Latin Foods canning plant here have been on strike. Solidarity from fellow workers and unions in…
MONTREAL — DHL Express Canada, an international package delivery company based in Germany, locked out its 2,100 workers across Canada June 8. Workers voted down the bosses’ contract offer by 97% in May. The central issues are winning wage increases…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Some 1,300 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers at University of California San Francisco-run Benioff Children’s Hospital went out on strike June 18 against bosses’ moves to bust their union. The NUHW represents clinic workers,…
MONTREAL — When Canada’s 55,000 postal workers, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, went on strike last November they were met with a government back-to-work order denying them their right to strike. Since they returned to work Dec.…
