strikes
Rail pact, drafted after Biden intervened, averts forced strike
September 16, 2022Workers will vote to ratify a deal that covers over half the nation’s unionized rail workers.
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Hospitals force 15K nurses into largest private-sector nurses strike ever
September 13, 2022“Right now, 15,000 nurses are on strike to oppose the corporatization of healthcare in Minnesota at the hands of hospital executives, as clinics and hospitals are closed, nurses are short-staffed, and patients are overcharged."
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Labor Day rally marks Kaiser mental health clinicians’ fourth week on strike
September 9, 2022San Francisco Labor Council’s Kim Tavaglione told strikers: “All of labor in California is standing with you…to change a system riddled with greed and profit.”
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Seattle school bosses force 6,000 teachers, staff to strike
September 9, 2022Issues include enormous sized classes, and too few counselors and nurses.
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American University staff strike for fairness on the job
August 31, 2022Two years after they unionized the university holds out against the reasonable demands of its workers, denying them a contract.
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