PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The week after more than 16,000 United Steelworkers members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at U.S. Steel, union leaders dismissed the company’s revised contract offer as “another clumsy
TACOMA, Wash.—The 2,200 teachers on strike in Tacoma, Washington believe their walkout might last the rest of the month. “Teachers have the patience of saints,” first-year high-school teacher Megan Holyoke
THREE FORKS, Mont.—The company that locked out workers at its talc-milling plant in Three Forks Aug. 2 has agreed to return to the bargaining table in September, under federal mediation.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—With the United Steelworkers’ contracts with two major steelmakers expiring at midnight Sept. 1, U.S. Steel has proposed a seven-year deal that would cut wages and benefits for future
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—About 100 people rallied in a park across from City Hall here Aug. 23 to protest that the city’s firefighters, police, and office staff are all working under expired
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Labor unions in northeast Pennsylvania are reviving the annual Labor Day parade and festivities, which drew thousands of people to downtown Wilkes-Barre in the early 20th century before fading
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—After tech-shuttle drivers in San Francisco rejected a contract offer in mid-August, the two companies involved began training strikebreaker drivers—even though Teamsters Local 853 members have not authorized
DENVER, Colo.—Workers at Denver International Airport launched a campaign to win a $15-an-hour minimum wage with a rally Aug. 23 in front of the Denver City and County Building. Backed
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The union Service Employees International Union local representing local government employees in Central California is the latest to get hit with a lawsuit demanding that it refund fees
WASHINGTON, DC—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) plans to introduce a bill Sept. 5 that would force corporations such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonald’s to pay the government the full cost of
