SF Symphony strikers protest out-of-tune execs
SAN FRANCISCO - Tired of prolonged stalling by management, over 100 musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - one of the country's top symphony orchestras - entered the second week of a strike with a March 21 protest.
Las Vegas cab company forces a strike
The second largest cab company in Las Vegas has forced its drivers - the first taxi drivers to unionize, more than a decade ago - to strike.
Janitors, security officers vote to authorize strike
In back to back votes, SEIU Local 26 security officers and janitors voted unanimously to authorize their respective bargaining committees to call a strike at any time.
Today in labor history: State militia backs workers
Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, began a five-month strike in 1894, news of which travelled rapidly from one end of the country to the other,
Today in labor history: Samuel Gompers dies at the age of 74
Gompers died December 13, 1924. He served as president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 to his death.
Agreement reached in LA-Long Beach port clerical workers strike
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said tentative agreement has been reached between ILWU Local 63's Office Clerical Unit (OCU) and 14 employers.
Today in labor history: Oakland general strike
Today in 1946 Oakland California women led a general strike that massed some 140,000 workers.
Today in labor history: Photo engravers go on strike
During this time, 20,000 other newspaper workers represented by other unions refused to cross the photo engravers' picket lines.
Walmart workers strike on Black Friday
The walkout was one of dozens against the retail giant across the nation protesting Walmart's bully tactics aimed at silencing the "OUR Walmart" worker upsurge.
Oakland port and airport workers strike over unfair labor practices
The night before the strike, hundreds of port workers, union and community supporters gathered at the airport to launch the action.
