Port drivers out on strike, demand companies follow law
Drivers gathered before sunrise, carrying signs and wearing reflective safety vests as they began picketing company trucks.
LA, Long Beach port drivers forced to strike again
The drivers demand that trucking firms recognize them as employees and bargain with them if they select the Teamsters.
Housekeepers on strike at Chicago’s Monaco Hotel
"I love my job, but it has been very difficult. I clean sixteen rooms every day. When I get home from work I feel pain all over my body."
Today in labor history: The 1968 Memphis sanitation strike ends
On this date in 1968, the Memphis Sanitation Strike came to an end.
Oil workers continue strike against BP despite tentative settlement
"We will continue the strike until we get a fair contract and a safer workplace."
Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery
The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.
Canadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike
As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.
Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry
"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."
Striking auto mechanics locked out, putting up a fight
The automobile mechanics strike here at Al Piemonte Chevrolet, now over 30 weeks long, has deteriorated into a lock-out situation.
Oil industry obstinance on safety forces steelworkers to strike
Oil industry obstinance, especially its refusal to even discuss worker safety issues, forced tens of thousands of Steelworkers to strike.
