Category: strike

NTD News Today (Nov. 21): Rail Union Rejects Labor Deal, Strike Looms; CBS Resumes Tweeting Amid Musk ‘Uncertainty’

A possible rail strike could dampen Americans’ travel spirits ahead of the holiday season. The nation’s largest freight rail union rejected the White House’s tentative labor contract. Former president Trump, project Veritas, and Kanye West are all back on twitter after being banned. And — CBS News is tweeting again. A federal judge ordered the…


Tentative Deal With Ontario Education Workers Will Avert Strike, Keep Schools Open

At nearly the final hour of bargaining, before a scheduled strike of 55,000 education support workers would have shut down most Ontario schools tomorrow, the government said a tentative agreement has been reached with the union after intense weekend bargaining. At a news conference today, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the deal “will provide stability…


Crocodile Tears for UC Labor Strikers

Commentary College and university faculty notoriously are among the most left-wing groups in the country. A 2020 study by the National Association of Scholars found the Democrat-to-Republican ratio on top campuses was 8.5 to 1. And given California is governed by liberal Democrats, supported by liberal Democratic college and university faculty, the faculty now going…


Ontario Education Workers Threaten Another Strike After Talks Break Down

One day after an anti-strike law was repealed by the Ontario government, the union representing education support staff in the province has again delivered a five-day strike notice to the government, saying they will walk off the job because contract talks have broken down. A strike could shut down schools on Nov. 21, for the…


Iran Strikes Dissident Sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2 Dead: Officials

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq—At least two people were killed and 10 were wounded on Monday when rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of neighboring Iraq, local officials and security sources said. Iran’s semi-official Fars news said the country’s Revolutionary Guards had attacked the bases of “terrorist groups” in…


NHS Nurses in Most UK Hospitals Vote to Strike

Nurses at a majority of National Health Service (NHS) trusts and health boards have voted to strike over pay, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Wednesday. It comes as the NHS is struggling with high levels of backlog following the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the biggest hospitals in England, all NHS employers in Northern…


Ontario Kids Back in School, Education Workers Back at the Bargaining Table After Walkout

Ontario schools reopened for in-person learning today after Premier Doug Ford said he “extended an olive branch” to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 55,000 education support staff. Ford said Bill 28, the back-to-work legislation that used the notwithstanding clause to impose a four-year contract on education workers, would be repealed if…


Union Says About 2,200 GO Transit Workers on Strike Today After Failed Contract Talks

Members of the union representing GO Transit bus operators, station attendants and other employees are on strike. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 issued a statement Sunday evening saying it was unable to secure a new contract with Metrolinx. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. Monday and Metrolinx says bus service is suspended in light…


Labour Board Hearing Continues Today After 16 Hours of Heated Debate

After more than 16 hours of arguments before the labour board on Nov. 5, the hearing continued the following day with both sides making their case about the ongoing strike of 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Nov. 4, closing multiple schools across the province for in-person learning. Arguments before board chair…


GO Transit Union Says Members Will Strike Monday; Bus Service Set to Be Affected

About 2,200 GO Transit bus operators, station attendants and other employees will go on strike Monday, the union representing them said Friday—with the potential job action set to affect some transit service. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 said the planned strike comes after members voted 81 percent against a contract offer from employer Metrolinx. The…