Category: strike

First Railroad Union Votes to Authorize Strike as Deadline Looms

The first railroad union has voted to authorize a strike as the “cooling off” period in negotiations nears the end. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members voted to reject a tentative agreement with railroads, the union said in a statement on Sept. 14. The approximately 4,900 members also voted to authorize a…


Capitol Report (Sept. 13): Whistleblower Says Twitter Indifferent Over Chinese Spy; Stock Market Crashes

The latest inflation numbers are in. How are prices moving and what does the administration says amid pressure from Republicans? On Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsay Graham proposes a national abortion ban. What’s in his bill, and who’s supporting it? The former security chief testified before the Senate. He said Twitter executives were unmoved when he…


Seattle Teacher Strike Persists, No Classes Monday

SEATTLE — Students in Seattle on Monday will miss a fourth day of school as teachers strike over pay and classroom support. The school district Sunday afternoon announced the cancellation of Monday classes and said negotiations with the union were ongoing. “We are optimistic an agreement will be reached soon so that students can begin…


Justice Secretary Dominic Raab Has Refused Meeting Over Barristers’ Strike Three Times MPs Told

The Chair of the Criminal Bar Association has warned a committee of MPs that if the barristers’ strike is not resolved there could be a situation where “you have people on the streets who you would rather not be on the streets.” Kirsty Brimelow QC, giving evidence to the Justice Select Committee on Tuesday, said…


Royal Mail Workers Stage 2nd Strike in Pay Dispute

Union members at Royal Mail have walked out on strike again in a dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said more than 100,000 workers had taken part in the strike on Wednesday, making it the biggest strike of the summer. This follows a walkout on Aug. 26. The…


Unions Reject Pay Offers, Warn of ‘Winter of Discontent’ in Scotland

Trade unions have rejected the Scottish government’s pay offers and threatened to escalate strike actions in an upcoming “winter of discontent.” Authorities in the Scottish capital Edinburgh started a major clean-up operation on Tuesday, after nearly two weeks of industrial action by the city’s waste workers left huge piles of rubbish in many streets in…


Garbage Piles in Scotland Raise Health Concerns Amid Strikes

LONDON—Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned Saturday as strikes by garbage collectors in the Scottish capital moved into their ninth day. The warning from Public Health Scotland came as garbage collectors in Newham, a borough of London, also walked…


Union Says UK Supply Chain Will Be ‘Severely Disrupted’ by Felixstowe Port Strike

The UK’s supply chain “will be severely disrupted,” a union official said on Monday as the strike at the country’s largest container port enters the second day. Some 1,900 Unite members at the Port of Felixstowe, around three-quarters of the port’s workforce, started an eight-day strike on Sunday in a dispute over pay after the union rejected…


UK Supply Chain Will Be ‘Severely Disrupted’ by Felixstowe Port Strike, Union Says

The UK’s supply chain “will be severely disrupted,” a union official said on Monday as the strike at the country’s largest container port enters the second day. Some 1,900 Unite members at the Port of Felixstowe, around three-quarters of the port’s workforce, started an eight-day strike on Sunday in a dispute over pay after the union rejected…


UK Barristers Step up Industrial Action With Plan for All-Out Strike Next Month

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to escalate their pay dispute with the government and walk out in an all-out strike next month. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) started industrial action in June and have been on strike on alternate weeks since the beginning of August but they will commence an indefinite strike…