strikes – Page 46 – People's World

1,300 locked out sugar workers fight for jobs, families

August 4, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers are locked outside company gates as their union battles an employer they say is determined to slash health benefits and weaken job security.

Verizon workers to take strike vote July 25 (video)

July 22, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Verizon workers and retirees face the fight of their lives, as the profitable telecom corporation tries to take back every hard-earned benefit.

Hundreds join Congress Hotel strikers at 8th Anniversary rally

June 16, 2011 By John Wojcik

Sixty workers who have been on strike at Chicago's Congress Hotel for eight years were joined June 15 by hundreds of supporters at a rally outside the hotel.

Martin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers

January 17, 2011 By Scott Marshall

As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, public workers are under fierce attack across the country.

French support union strike vs. Sarkozy’s pension plan

September 7, 2010 By l’Humanite

An overwhelming majority of the French people support the Sept. 7 union strike and demonstrations protesting the proposed raise in retirement age from 60 to 62.