Browsing: Labor Strikes & Protest Movements

ROME (AP) — A national strike called on Friday by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations severely disrupted travel Thursday and forced…

PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike…

Starbucks’ union is expanding its week-old strike against the company.Starbucks Workers United said baristas from 30 more stores in 25…

Several thousand Boeing machinists in the Midwest who assemble military aircraft and weapons voted Thursday to approve a new contract,…

More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers plan to strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress…

Starbucks’ union members have voted to strike at the company’s U.S. stores next week unless it finalizes a contract agreement,…

Boeing workers at three Midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed voted Sunday to reject the company’s latest…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Swathes of New Zealand were pummeled by dangerous winds for the second time in a…

NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing thousands of Broadway actors reached a tentative new labor agreement over the weekend…