ST. PAUL, Minn. — Around 75 union members and supporters rallied here Sept. 30 in solidarity with striking Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, joined by members of Writers Guild of America, who are discussing a proposed…
LONDON — Over 200 refuse workers and street cleaners who work for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets voted to return to work Sept. 27. The members of the Unite union had struck Sept. 18 for higher pay. The settlement…
ROYERSFORD, Pa. — Over 100 union members and supporters joined a solidarity rally Sept. 22 to back United Auto Workers Local 644, on strike against the Dometic Group plant here. Members of the Teamsters, Carpenters, Electrical Workers and other UAW…
FORT WORTH, Texas — The SEIU Airport Workers United union held a rally Sept. 19, marching past the American Airlines corporate headquarters here. Airport workers from the Dallas-Fort Worth airport were joined by 40 airport workers who came by bus…
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — “We have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly,” Judy Danella, president of United Steelworkers Local 4-200, told the press after bosses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital got Superior Court Judge Thomas…
OMAHA, Neb. — Rail workers and working people near the world’s largest rail yard, Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in nearby North Platte, had another narrow escape Sept. 14. A series of uncontrolled explosions inside a shipping container in the yard…
SEATTLE — Over 200 farmworkers, unionists, and students gathered here Aug. 31 to support farmworkers fighting to organize into a union at Windmill Farms, based in Sunnyside. The event was organized by the United Farm Workers union and Students for…
SEATAC, Wash. — Several hundred members of the Association of Flight Attendants, their families and supporters rallied outside Alaska Airlines headquarters here for a new contract Aug. 15. Similar actions took place at the airline’s facilities in San Diego; Los…
CHICAGO — Some 50 members of Communications Workers of America Local 4201 — customer service workers for American Airlines — held a lively informational picket line at O’Hare Airport here Aug. 15. Similar actions took place in St. Louis; Charlotte,…
DE PERE, Wis. — Over 30 members of Teamsters Local 662 have been on strike against New Dairy Select Milk here since July 10. The company is demanding workers take an inferior and more expensive health care plan. On July…
