Category: strike

University of California Reaches Tentative Agreement With Some Strikers

After nearly three weeks of strike, University of California (UC) officials on Nov. 29 struck a tentative deal with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers that includes some of the highest pay and cost-of-living increases in history, according to union leaders. About 48,000 academic workers launched the biggest academic strike in U.S. history across all 10…


LIVE 10:30AM ET: Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


LIVE: Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


LIVE 11/29, at 10:30AM ET: Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


Amazon Workers Protest at Some German, French Sites on Black Friday

BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -Some workers at Amazon sites in Germany and France downed tools on Black Friday, as part of a move across the world to target the online retailer on one of the busiest shopping days of the year with calls for better pay. The Make Amazon Pay initiative, which made the call for strikes,…


Freezing Ukraine Gradually Restores Power After Russian Strikes on Grid

KYIV—Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power, aided by the reconnection of the country’s four nuclear plants, but millions of people were still in the dark after Russian air strikes. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with Ukrainians to use energy sparingly. “If there is electricity, this doesn’t mean you can turn on several powerful electrical appliances…


Qantas Risks Delayed Flights Around Christmas After Staff Vote Yes to Strikes

An industrial dispute between Qantas and the the airline’s 1,200 flight attendants may cause delays around Christmas after 99 percent of the airline’s attendants voted in favour of a 24-hour strike if the carrier does not agree with a better deal. The union has said it would try to limit the impact on Australian travellers by taking…


NTD News Today (Nov. 22): Veteran Recalls Subduing Colorado Shooter; NATO Chief Warns Against China Dependency

Police have identified two bystanders who helped take down the shooter at the night club in Colorado Springs. One of the men is an army veteran. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns that Western countries must be careful not to create new dependencies on China — as security fears regarding China’s investments in overseas ports are on…


Ontario’s Lowest-Paid Education Workers to Get 4.2 Percent Salary Increase If New Deal Ratified

The tentative government deal offered to Ontario education support workers threatening a strike would provide the lowest-paid members a 4.2 percent yearly salary increase, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Monday at a press conference. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) represents librarians, early childhood educators, janitors, and other school support staff. Instead of the…