DETROIT — Nearly 300 workers at the Marathon oil refinery here, members of Teamsters Local 283, walked off the job Sept. 4 after voting by 95% to strike. They had been working without a contract since January. It’s the first…
LOS ANGELES — Some 2,400 psychologists, therapists and other mental health workers have been on strike against Kaiser Permanente across Southern California since Oct. 21. “Unless we strike, our coworkers are going to keep leaving and our patients are going…
Workers who make Milk-Bone dog treats went on strike in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 28. Milk-Bone is owned by the J.M. Smucker Company. The union says that 165 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G…
SEATTLE — Members of the International Association of Machinists District 751 and W24 decisively voted down Boeing’s latest contract offer — by 64% — Oct. 23. Some 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer from here in Washington to Southern California…
MONTREAL — Montreal port workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375, are stepping up their fight for safe and livable working conditions. They’ve been working without a contract since the beginning of the year, and their…
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of UNITE HERE Local 2 members at the Palace and Marriott Union Square hotels here have joined the strike launched a month earlier at three other hotels. Some 2,000 workers are now picketing and chanting. Their…
ARLINGTON, Va. — Hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 25, rallied and marched to the four Hilton hotels here Oct. 17. They beat buckets and waved hand clappers and signs demanding “More in 24!” Their message to management: We…
CHICAGO —Some 500 Association of Flight Attendants-CWA members at United Airlines and their supporters ringed the Willis Tower in Chicago’s downtown in a spirited picket line that stretched for four blocks Oct. 17. The skyscraper — formerly known as the…
ALBANY, N.Y. — At the Capital District Area Labor Federation’s Annual Gala Oct. 11, Save the Burdett Birth Center Coalition received the federation’s Solidarity Award. Ashley Saupp, a leader of the coalition, said they could not have succeeded without the…
MONTREAL — Over 100 locked-out Prelco workers and their supporters gathered in front of this industrial glass manufacturer here Oct. 18 for a solidarity concert and food. The 90 members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) have been…
