Posts tagged Rally

    Union: Group Homes Owner Threatens Striking Workers’ Jobs

    December 2, 2021 // Group home workers in Connecticut who have been on strike for nearly two months say owner Sunrise Group has threatened to permanently replace them as they continue to seek better wages and health care benefits.

    Minneapolis school employee unions call for settled contracts

    November 30, 2021 // Unions representing teachers, bus drivers, educational support staff, clerical workers and food service staff are in various stages of negotiating contracts with the district.

    25 companies where workers went on strike during a season of labor unrest and worker activism

    November 20, 2021 // From September to November, workers at more than 25 companies manned picket lines, banged on upturned buckets, and chanted during campaigns for everything from higher wages to safer working conditions.

    Kellogg’s files lawsuit against its striking cereal workers

    November 11, 2021 // The Kellogg Co. has filed a lawsuit against its local union in Omaha complaining that striking workers are blocking entrances to its cereal plant and intimidating replacement workers as they enter the plant.

    Trust busters: Labor coalition rallies in Midtown seeking wage reform and end to corporate monopolies

    November 10, 2021 // Various labor activists, union members and elected officials announced a new coalition Wednesday aimed at combating large corporate entities and monopolies while also calling for the passage of a new legislation

    Negotiations to resume Monday in Cabell Huntington strike

    November 6, 2021 // 1,100 x-ray, lab technicians, & housekeeping workers strike after rejecting WV hospital’s latest contract. “The main sticking point appears to be whether striking workers should pay for part of their health insurance coverage.”

    ‘We are in crisis mode’: Museum workers are turning to unions over conditions they say are untenable

    November 4, 2021 // The coronavirus compounded the stressors of past years. According to a report by the American Alliance of Museums in April, museums in the United States locked their doors to the public for an average of 28 weeks starting in March 2020 because of the pandemic; nearly 30 percent remain shuttered today. Lost revenue from the forced closures hit the bottom line hard: Three-quarters of all museums surveyed said their income fell an average of 40 percent last year.

    From Boeing to Mercedes, a U.S. worker rebellion swells over vaccine mandates

    November 2, 2021 // Opposition to the mandate could potentially lead to thousands of U.S. workers losing their jobs and imperil an already sluggish economic recovery, union leaders, workers and company executives said.