CLEVELAND — Hundreds of flight attendants — members of their two central unions, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA — picketed and rallied at over 30 airports across the U.S. and in London and…
MONTREAL — Some 130 Teamsters union members at the Richelieu Hardware warehouse here went on strike June 17 demanding higher wages and some respect from the bosses. Picket lines, up 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday, are greeted by…
FORT WORTH, Texas — After a three-month hard-fought strike, members of Teamsters Local 997 at Molson Coors Brewery here accepted a three-year contract May 22. Workers said 270 voted yes and 84 voted no. They began returning to work May…
Starbucks has been cutting its workforce while opening hundreds of new stores in a drive to boost its profits. This means remaining workers are overworked and unable to keep up with the daily barrage of orders. Customers find themselves stuck…
GUELPH, Ontario –— Hundreds of workers at the Cargill beef-processing plant here, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 175, hit the picket line May 27 the day after an 82% vote against a proposed offer. Cargill’s Guelph plant…
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and Association of Professional Flight Attendants, representing some 77,000 flight attendants between them, have called for picket lines at 30 airports June 13 to press their demands for new contracts. After working more than two…
Following the victorious United Auto Workers unionization campaign by workers at the Volkswagen auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in April, workers at Mercedes-Benz in Vance, Alabama, voted down representation by the UAW by 56% — 2,642 to 2,045 “Of course…
A spirited picket line of over 100 members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and their supporters rallied at Los Angeles International Airport May 9. The action was one of 14 across the U.S. organized as part of a…
CHICAGO — The increased mood of resistance in the working class was reflected in the Labor Notes 2024 conference, which took place here April 19-21. Among the 4,700 people attending were workers who had participated in recent strikes and contract…
MONTREAL — The Canadian government has assigned its Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine whether a work stoppage of the freight rail system would jeopardize “health and safety of Canadians” and if “essential services” should be maintained in the event…
