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Striking Teamsters union workers picket in Port Coquitlam

World Aug 24

Canadian railroad workers union mounts legal challenge to arbitrator’s back-to-work order

By Josh Funk, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

World Jan 09

Ambulances parked outside St George’s University Hospital, which has declared a critical incident due to bed shortages, in London, Britain, January 5, 2023. Photo by Henry Nicholls/REUTERS
UK government ministers meets with unions but fails to end wave of strikes

British government ministers have met trade union leaders but have fallen short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the U.K.'s rail network and overburdened health system.

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

World Nov 30

House Democratic leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington
Watch 5:04
News Wrap: House Democrats elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as new leader

In our news wrap Wednesday, House Democrats elected New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader making him the first Black lawmaker to head a major political party in Congress, the Islamic State group says its latest leader has…

Politics Nov 30

An aerial view of shipping containers and freight railway trains ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, at the Union Pacific Los Angeles (UPLA) Intermodal Facility rail yard in Commerce, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. Photo by Bing Guan/REUTERS
Watch 8:33
House passes bills to stop railroad strike, give rail workers more paid sick leave

Congress moved swiftly to head off a nationwide railroad strike. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impose a compromise settlement on freight railroads and a dozen labor unions and approved more paid sick leave for rail workers. The measures…

By Lisa Desjardins, Tommy Walters

Politics Nov 28

An aerial view of shipping containers and freight railway trains ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. Photo by Bing Guan/REUTERS
Biden calls on Congress to block potential railroad strike

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in the stalled contract talks.

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

Nov 28

Business groups pressure Congress to block potential rail strike

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

Business groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in the stalled contract talks.

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