Labor unions

The New York Times Tech Guild announced Monday morning it is officially on an unfair labor practice strike, just one day before the presidential election. 

The union represents over 25,000 teachers and employees in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Dockworkers with the International Longshoremen’s Association began walking the picket lines early Tuesday after the ILA and U.S. Maritime Alliance failed to reach agreement on new contracts.

A deadline of Oct. 1 for a new deal between port workers and ownership is approaching, and after talks broke down during the summer, tensions are high.

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships.

The four-year deal between Boeing and its Seattle-area workers’ union comes with 25% raises over the four years of the contract.

Hotel housekeepers have for years waged a fierce battle to restore automatic daily room cleaning that was scaled back at many properties during the coronavirus pandemic.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance received a mixture of cheers and boos while speaking at the International Association of Fire Fighters Convention on Thursday.

During Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s two-hour conversation on X, the former president complimented the Tesla CEO on firing workers who wanted to strike.

The rule, which was due to go into effect Monday, would have set new standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint employers” in labor negotiations.

A federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize at big companies like McDonald’s and Amazon.

Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike that could disrupt dozens of hotels and casinos.

President Joe Biden has joined picketing United Auto Workers in Michigan on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers. It’s a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.

The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three is now in its fourth day. There were no signs Monday of an early breakthrough that might end the strike, and the United Auto Workers have threatened to escalate their walkout against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden’s goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions.

Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday at Detroit’s three automakers.

President Joe Biden announced Friday his administration is sending top aides to Detroit to help with the contract negotiations between United Auto Workers and the three major automakers, saying employers should share profits with unionized workers.

Here’s a rundown of the issues standing in the way of new contract agreements and what consumers could face in a prolonged strike

About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.