Tag: strike
UAW strike expands to Mack Trucks
The tentative contract included a raise of 19% over five years.
US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
What was the significance of this strike?
Nationwide UPS strike ‘imminent,’ Teamsters warn after rejecting ‘appalling’ contract offer
97 percent of UPS workers represented by the Teamsters voted to authorize a nationwide strike if a deal wasn't reached with management by July 31.
School support workers strike closing more than 1,000 LA schools
More than 1,000 schools are closed because of the strike, which impacts 422,000 students.
‘Don’t cross the picket line’: Apple workers organize Christmas Eve walkout
"Demand that Apple upholds its image with your wallet. Don't shop in stores, don't shop online."
10,000 striking John Deere workers demand ‘equitable’ pay & benefits as...
Thousands of workers are on strike at John Deere after the United Auto Workers failed to reach an agreement with the company to improve wages.
Striking teachers are fighting for much more than paychecks
“Students continue to experience pain and trauma in our schools due to lack of resources, over-policing, and continuing threats of school closures.”
Solidarity at the Stop & Shop
The workers of Stop & Shop only took to the picket lines after months of contract negotiations. They are mainly asking for their company not to cut their pensions or have increases their healthcare costs.
Shop stopped: Grocery store strike of 31K workers receives support from...
Stop & Shop will need to make a decision: either invest in people power or continue to lose money.
Denver teachers strike over bonus-based pay system, demanding reliable salary plan...
The Denver teachers walked out Monday following 15 months of negotiations over a controversial bonus-based pay system that educators say leaves them unable to predict their salaries and guarantee financial security.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.