Posts tagged Strike
‘Make them respect us’: Striking Seattle hotel workers apply for unemployment benefits
July 5, 2026 // Hotel workers on strike at Seattle’s Embassy Suites Downtown Pioneer Square are signing up for unemployment benefits on Thursday. Workers represented by UNITE HERE! Local 8 are entering their third week of the strike, calling for higher wages, year-round healthcare, restored pre-pandemic staffing levels, and protections against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions.
Union claims 3 striking PECO workers injured on picket lines; company calls claims ‘false’
July 5, 2026 // The workers - including linemen, gas technicians, mechanics and call center employees who serve millions of customers across five counties - walked out at the start of the holiday weekend and amid an ongoing heat wave.
Beckley feels impact of stale contract negotiations with beer distributor
July 4, 2026 // Ian Moore, union steward, said he believes Johnson’s true objective is to bust the union. Moore said the company is also trying to eliminate jobs by eliminating helpers who assist drivers on delivery routes and are paid by commission. The rule changes would turn the position into an hourly one and eliminate the 40-hour guarantee at the same time. Johnson said the company is using management, sales staff and mechanics to run the product delivery routes right now. “She [Johnson] paid for them to get their Commercial Driver’s License, so that’s who’s pretty much driving right now,” Moore said.
Mount Nittany Hospital workers authorize strike if contract talks fail
July 4, 2026 // The union represents approximately 950 employees at the hospital, including registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, emergency department technicians, laboratory staff, maintenance workers, environmental services employees, radiology technologists, pharmacists and dietary aides. According to the union, workers are seeking higher wages, improved staffing and workplace safety measures.
Big labor torching World Cup tourism with sky-high hotel prices and looming layoffs
June 30, 2026 // HTC’s president may get the credit for negotiating this latest contract, but his nearly $1 million compensation package is largely insulated from these economic setbacks. Meanwhile, the workers whose dues pay his salary will bear the long-term consequences of the deal. World Cup visitors may be the first to feel the pain of higher room rates, but hotel workers could end up being hit the hardest by seeing their shifts reduced, or worse, having their jobs disappear.
California: First ILWU strike against sugar giant in decades
June 29, 2026 // A walkout by workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union over pay and benefits marked the first strike in decades against a major California sugar producer. The ILWU strike at C&H Sugar in Crockett led by Warehouse Local 6 reportedly is over healthcare, retiree benefits, sick leave, overtime rules, and union protections as part of a new three-year contract.
Five-year contract limit? MLB’s drastic labor offer bashed by players
June 29, 2026 // The proposals come within the context of a $245.3 million salary cap MLB laid out in a previous proposal, and the cap remains the most explosive point of contention between management and labor. MLB first sought a salary cap in CBA negotiations in 1994, a year that ended with the cancellation of the World Series as the work stoppage dragged into the following year. The current CBA expires Dec. 1, and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has strongly suggested the league will lock out the players, as it did in December 2021 during the last major round of bargaining.
Maintenance workers at 6 Prime hospitals in Illinois plan strike
June 25, 2026 // The strike notice includes 53 employees at six hospitals that Prime purchased from St. Louis-based Ascension in March 2025: Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Holy Family Medical Center in Des Plaines, Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston and Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, the release said.
PECO union will strike on July 4, three months after contract expired
June 25, 2026 // As a result of this impending strike, roughly 1,600 PECO workers responsible for maintaining gas and electric systems are expected to step away from their positions. The Union says that PECO is not offering serious counterproposals to their proposals, despite the months-long negotiations. They also say that the members of the Union are paid 30% less than workers at other utilities.
Seattle’s The Walrus and the Carpenter in Ballard closes amid union strike
June 24, 2026 // Owners of the popular establishment stated on social media that their security team documented instances of harassment, including name-calling and picketers spitting on guests. A notice posted at the restaurant now prohibits striking workers and picketers from entering the property.