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.

Denver teachers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of going on strike after more than a year of negotiations over base pay. Rob Gould, lead negotiator for the Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association, said 93 percent of unionized teachers voted in favor of a strike. The union represents 5,635 educators in the Denver Public School system, which could see a strike as...

If a teachers’ strike occurs Monday as anticipated, affected students will be offered free admission to the Los Angeles Zoo, the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and the Petersen Automotive Museum.

An estimated 1,500 Marriott Hotel workers walked out Wednesday morning in the first hotel strike in Boston history to demand a living wage.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is initiating legal action against state education officials for failing to provide transport to school for students with disabilities during the ongoing Providence bus drivers’ strike.

Some New York Yankees players have drawn the ire of a Boston union after they crossed a picket line on their way into their hotel on Thursday.

Attendance has dropped at Providence schools as a city-wide bus driver strike heads into its sixth day.

School bus drivers have hit the picket lines in Providence, leaving parents scrambling for ways to get their kids to school. About 200 drivers for the school district’s bus contractor went on strike Thursday morning after last-minute negotiations over retirement benefits failed.