WASHINGTON, D.C. —The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union of federal workers, filed a lawsuit May 31 asking a federal district court to void President Donald Trump’s May
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—About 8,000 members of the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (National Coordination of Education Workers, CNTE), marched in Mexico City June 4, beginning a strike covering
BANGOR, Pa.—A Cleveland-based company in the process of taking over more than 10 Pennsylvania nursing homes is refusing to recognize their contracts with SEIU Healthcare, sparking fears among workers that
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A City Council committee approved a bill June 6 to levy a 1% tax on new construction in order to fund affordable housing, sending the measure to the full
ORLANDO, Fla.—The National Labor Relations Board ruled June 1 that it was legal for Walt Disney World to withhold $1,000 bonuses from union workers engaged in contract talks while giving
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Carpenters on strike against Turner Construction voted unanimously May 25 to keep being represented by the St. Louis Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council. The union went on strike
MONTREAL, Quebec—Canadian Pacific Rail’s more than 3,000 train operators went on strike on the night of late May 29, affecting intercity passenger and freight service from Montreal to Vancouver. The
OAXACA, Mexico—Thousands of teachers in Oaxaca occupied the city’s zócalo central plaza May 28, the first day of a strike union leaders said would continue indefinitely. An estimated 20,000 teachers
NEW YORK, N.Y.—About 50 nurses and supporters demonstrated outside Staten Island University Hospital June 10, calling on the state legislature to pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act. The
WASHINGTON—The workers’ compensation system that covers an estimated 129 million people “is failing workers—especially low-wage workers in dangerous industries,” Deborah Berkowitz, head of the National Employment Law Project’s worker health
