Strike

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts will begin to hire permanent replacements for nurses who have been on strike for two months.

Truck drivers and mechanics for Shaw’s supermarkets are back on the job in New England as the Teamsters and company prepare to return to the bargaining table on Thursday. The drivers based at a warehouse in Wells, Maine, returned to work Wednesday, delivering grocery staples to more than 100 Shaw’s and Star Market grocery stores across the region, officials...

Supermarket truck drivers and mechanics went on strike in New England Monday, stopping shipments to Shaw’s and Star Market stores as they call for a new contract. The drivers are responsible for delivering food staples to about 150 supermarkets across the region, according to Joe Piccone, business agent for Teamsters Local 340 in South Portland — including 76 stores in…

Supermarket truck drivers and mechanics are currently on strike, stopping shipments to Shaw’s and Star Market grocery stores in New England.

Truck drivers for Shaw’s supermarkets represented by the Teamsters went on strike Monday, stopping shipments to Shaw’s and Star Market grocery stores in New England. The drivers are responsible for delivering grocery store staples to more than 100 supermarkets across the region, said Joe Piccone, business agent for Teamsters Local 340 in South Portland. Fruit, vegetables and refrigerated items are…

Nurses and managers at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, returned to the negotiating table Monday. Out on the picket line, nurses were wondering if the new talks would lead to a settlement. “We’re trying to stay positive,” said nurse Melissa Eagles. Both sides were negotiating on Monday — along with a federal mediator — for the first time since…

Hundreds of nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, started to strike at 6 a.m. Monday in protest of what they call dangerous conditions.

Hundreds of nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, rallied Sunday, one day before their planned strike Monday to protest what they say are dangerous conditions. The nurses say the conditions are putting patients at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the problems, they says, are dangerously high patient-to-nurse rations, not enough support staff and high turnover….

Teachers in Brookline, Massachusetts, say the school district is reneging on its commitment to maintain six feet of social distancing in school buildings.

Teachers reported to work at schools in Sharon, Massachusetts, Friday hours after the union and school officials reached a settlement.

A total of 350 essential workers, who have provided paratransit for some of the most-at risk and vulnerable Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority customers amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be back on the job after an agreement was reached Sunday on a new contract. Members of Teamsters Local 25 who work at Veterans Transportation for the MBTA’s “The Ride,” program voted…

The MBTA expects the RIDE to be fully staffed starting Monday, July 20.

A total of 350 essential workers, who have been providing paratransit for veterans throughout the coronavirus pandemic, are on strike amid contract negotiations. Members of Teamsters Local 25 who work in Veterans Transportation for the MBTA “The Ride,” program voted unanimously Sunday to reject the company’s final contract offer and go on strike over health insurance increases.  Many of New…

Hundreds of people who work for the MBTA’s “The Ride” began picketing Monday after unanimously rejecting the company’s final contract offer and voting to go on strike over health insurance increases.

A total of 350 essential workers, who have been providing paratransit for veterans throughout the coronavirus pandemic, are on strike amid contract negotiations.

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

Workers at the largest power plant in Massachusetts have gone on strike over what they call public safety issues and concerns about working conditions. Dozens of unionized employees at Mystic Generating Station in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood started their strike Saturday morning. The Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 says ownership has repeatedly cut corners and deferred important maintenance upgrades…

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a...

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to…

Private and public workers in Paris called a general strike Thursday, which shut down most of Paris. They are protesting proposed changes to the country’s retirement system.