Posts tagged Strike
150 Allina Health doctors start four-day strike after contract negotiations fail
September 15, 2026 // Allina is also in the midst of a hospice nurses strike that began Friday and will last through the week. Sutter Health, a California-based health nonprofit, says it is planning to acquire Allina Health in a deal that was announced in March.
San Francisco Opera Cancels Opening Night After Musicians Strike
September 15, 2026 // The labor action forced the opera to cancel as patrons were finding their seats, and threw the season of one of the nation’s premier companies into limbo.
Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum unions vote for strikes
September 15, 2026 // Meanwhile, the months leading up to today's announcement have been fraught for the Brooklyn Museum unions. Last year, museum leadership reversed plans to lay off more than a dozen workers following a $2.5 million grant from the New York City Council. Citing a widening deficit, the Brooklyn Museum had announced plans to cut more than 10 percent of its staff in February 2025, prompting backlash from the two unions representing museum workers, DC 37 Local 1502 and UAW Local 2110. The unions said the cuts had been announced without attempts to negotiate with their bargaining units.
Boeing offers 10% raise to WA workers to head off union strike
September 14, 2026 // Boeing has issued its final contract proposal to SPEEA, covering over 16,000 engineers and technical workers. The deal offers an immediate 10% wage hike upon approval, a 4% raise in 2027, and guaranteed 4% minimum annual increases through 2030. SPEEA leadership is advising members to vote "Yes," though the official schedule for the ratification vote is yet to be announced.
Largest union of Marion County employees authorizes strike
September 13, 2026 // The most contentious issue in bargaining has been the county’s contribution to employees’ health insurance payments. The union had initially asked Marion County to contribute 95% toward its employees’ healthcare costs. The union said that three other unions that represent Marion County employees receive the 95% contribution.
Teamsters president throws down gauntlet to UPS: Strike coming in 2028
September 11, 2026 // Perhaps, the most unusual strike trigger is a new demand that all four union regions, which are governed by supplements to the national master agreement, be allowed to go on strike mid-contract if the parties remain deadlocked on how to resolve union grievances. "It's going to be a battle and we are probably going to strike UPS. I mean, we have to because they don't respect us. They don't do what they're supposed to do on the obligation of the contract. They fight us on everything," O'Brien said on a recent episode of the "Better Bad Ideas" podcast.
Stossel: I Celebrate Labor—Just Not Organized Labor
September 11, 2026 // Unions do protect the jobs of existing workers and sometimes get them raises. But that protection kills jobs later.
Starbucks worker goes ballistic on union after brutal holiday strike ‘evaporated’ hours
September 10, 2026 // A San Diego Starbucks supervisor is trying to boot the union from his store after claiming workers were shut out of key decisions — including an open-ended Christmas strike leaving employees scrambling for hours. Joe Emmenegger, 29, a shift supervisor, told the California Post that he had gathered signatures from roughly 64% of the approximately 16 to 18 employees at his Starbucks to force a vote on whether to disband the union.
Report: The Battle for Worker Freedom: Grading State Public Sector Labor Laws
September 10, 2026 // Union executives are prioritizing recruitment. The fastest-growing category of public sector labor legislation expands collective bargaining into new workplaces. On the strength of these new laws, union executives are slowly replacing their membership losses since 2018. From 2018 to 2025, the country’s four largest government unions report a net decline in membership of 87,919, or 1.3 percent. However, they also report a collective gain of 232,502 members, or 3.5 percent since 2024. This report awards full letter-grade increases to Idaho (now A) and Louisiana (now B) due to their adoption of pro-worker labor reforms this past legislative session. However, the drops in grades—Nebraska (D), Nevada (D), and Rhode Island (F)—are the result of these states prioritizing union executives over workers and enacting laws helping unions recruit, politick, organize, and strike. Thirteen states now have an “A” or “A+” grade—up from twelve in the previous edition of this report—while six states earned an “F”—up from five over the same time period. Overall, the research finds 25 states fall below a “C.”
SEIU Local 1000 members to vote on possible strike against state
September 10, 2026 // An unfair practice strike is a work stoppage a union may call when it says an employer has broken rules during labor negotiations. SEIU Local 1000 alleges the state did not bargain fairly over workers’ pay, benefits and working conditions. Members can vote through October 7, according to the union. If members approve the measure, union leaders would have permission to call a strike at a later date.