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BU grad workers vote to strike Monday
The Boston University graduate workers union voted Wednesday to go on strike Monday afternoon if they do not reach a contract agreement with the university. The union, which represents roughly 3,000 graduate student workers at BU, voted last week to authorize the strike after a longstanding battle with the university over fair pay and stronger benefits, including health care coverage…
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Negotiators report progress toward end of Newton teacher strike
February vacation has been canceled after 11 days without school in Newton.
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College applications, missed days among concerns for Newton students as teacher strike lingers
The teacher strike has ended, but concerns about future fallout for students remain after 11 days without school in Newton, Massachusetts. “The most chaotic thing as a senior is that my transcripts aren’t being sent to colleges right now,” Newton North High School senior Betina Kreiman told NBC10 Boston Friday. For most high school seniors, the college admissions process adds…
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New federal rule would make it easier for millions to unionize, but businesses are pushing back
A federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize at big companies like McDonald’s and Amazon.
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Las Vegas hospitality workers OK possible strike against hotels and casinos
Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike that could disrupt dozens of hotels and casinos.
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Biden tells striking auto workers to ‘stick with it' in a historic visit to Michigan picket line
President Joe Biden has joined picketing United Auto Workers in Michigan on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers. It’s a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.
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United Auto Workers union sets deadline for ‘serious progress' or more locals will go on strike
The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three is now in its fourth day. There were no signs Monday of an early breakthrough that might end the strike, and the United Auto Workers have threatened to escalate their walkout against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
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UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. How high were they?
The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.
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Biden's goals for labor and climate collide in United Auto Workers strike
The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden’s goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions.
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Workers strike at all 3 Detroit automakers, a new tactic to squeeze companies for better pay
Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday at Detroit’s three automakers.
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Biden defends UAW strike, says auto industry's ‘record profits have not been shared fairly' with workers
President Joe Biden announced Friday his administration is sending top aides to Detroit to help with the contract negotiations between United Auto Workers and the three major automakers, saying employers should share profits with unionized workers.
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What do auto workers want and how will the UAW strike impact car prices?
Here’s a rundown of the issues standing in the way of new contract agreements and what consumers could face in a prolonged strike
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Thousands stop work and join the picket lines as UAW union strikes at all 3 Detroit automakers
About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.
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Everything you need to know about the potential UAW strike
The United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers remain far apart ahead of the union potentially striking the companies after Thursday’s deadline. Judy Ancel, the former director of the Institute for Labor Studies at the University of Missouri, reflects on the history behind those talks.
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The United Auto Worker union may soon strike major US car makers. Here's why and what that means
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.
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UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms
A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. Theses are demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed.
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UAW workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford, Stellantis
UAW members overwhelmingly granted union leaders authorization to strike during ongoing contract negotiations with GM, Ford and Stellantis, if warranted.
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UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
The union representing 340,000 UPS workers says its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month.
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Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it's pushing them to the brink
Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by technology.
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A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here's what you need to know
Annual profits at UPS in the past two years are close to three times what they were before the pandemic.