Strike

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.

Teachers in Dedham, Massachusetts are on strike after their union and district officials failed to come to an agreement on the teachers’ contract.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Chicago Public Schools canceled all classes and activities for Thursday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the district’s CEO announced Wednesday morning, in anticipation of the Chicago Teachers Union moving forward with a strike.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

British Airways says it has had to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots’ 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had “no way of predicting how many (pilots) would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly.” As a result, it said it had “no option but to...

The threat of a strike looms for thousands of nursing home workers across the state.

It is day nine in the Stop & Shop strike and workers are staying firm with their beliefs ahead of the holiday season.

There is no clear end in sight in the Stop & Shop strike since the company and union have yet to come to an agreement on pensions, wages and benefits.