Economy Sep 24 Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America, a year after big wave of closings By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
Nation May 18 New York faces first weekday of strike that shut down commuter rail system Commuters are navigating a maze of car, bus and subway routes after a strike shut down the Long Island Rail Road in New York. By Philip Marcelo, Kathy McCormack, Associated Press
Nation Mar 16 3,800 workers are on strike at a massive U.S. meatpacking plant. They want higher wages and better healthcare Union officials say the company charges many workers more than $1,000 each to pay for their safety equipment. By Brittany Peterson, Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Nation Feb 09 San Francisco teachers strike over wages, health benefits and student resources The San Francisco Unified School District closed all 120 of its schools Monday and offered independent study to some of the district’s 50,000 students. By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press
Nation Aug 04 All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are unionized, defying the national trend The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. By Rio Yamat, Associated Press
May 19 N.J. Transit engineers reach tentative deal to end strike that halted trains to NYC By Bruce Shipkowski, Christopher Weber, Associated Press New Jersey Transit’s train engineers have reached a tentative deal to end their three-day strike that had halted service for some 100,000 daily riders. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 6:06 Teamsters president on Trump's economic agenda: 'They made a lot of promises' By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens President Trump’s Cabinet is now complete. The Senate confirmed Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer in a broadly bipartisan vote. The former Oregon congresswoman picked up support early on in the nomination process from labor groups, including the Teamsters. Geoff Bennett discussed… Continue watching
Mar 10 One-day strike at German airports brings most flights to a halt By Associated Press A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports, including the Frankfurt and Munich hubs and all the country’s other main destinations, has caused the cancelation of most flights. Continue reading
Mar 07 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA workers By Rebecca Santana, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major effort to dismantle union protections under the Trump administration. Continue reading
Jan 28 Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize By Haleluya Hadero, Lisa Baumann, Associated Press Whole Foods said it was "disappointed" by the results. Continue reading