Four logging companies sued the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union Local 1-1937 in separate complaints in British Columbia Supreme Court, claiming it is conspiring to stage an illegal strike.
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Protesters filled public parks and squares in several Hong Kong districts on Monday in a general strike staged on a weekday to draw more attention to their demands, including that the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s leader resign.
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British Airways has failed to block pilots from going on strike in a long-standing pay dispute.
Read moreFacing ever-mounting caseloads, dozens of public defenders in Oregon walked out of courthouses and into the Statehouse this week to lobby for a bill that would fix a staffing shortage and an outdated contract payment system that has some attorneys representing more than 200 clients at once.
Read moreActress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled legislatures.
Read moreTens of thousands of teachers across Oregon walked off the job Wednesday to demand more money for schools, holding signs and wearing red shirts that have become synonymous with a nationwide movement pushing lawmakers to better fund education.
Read moreDrivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are turning off their apps Wednesday to protest declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.
Read moreNorth Carolina teachers marched through the state capital on Wednesday to press lawmakers for, among other demands, better resource funding and higher wages for school support staff.
Read morePilots for Scandinavian Airlines on Friday launched an open-ended strike following the collapse of pay negotiations, forcing the company to cancel virtually all its flights — 673 of them, affecting 72,000 passengers.
Read moreChilly temperatures and rain didn’t stop teachers from striking in the Netherlands on Friday.
Read moreThousands of women have gone on strike across Spain, joining millions more across the globe demanding a gender-balanced world amid persistent salary gap, violence and widespread inequality.
Read moreTeachers in Oakland, California, reached a tentative agreement with the school district Friday, ending a week-long walkout with an 11 percent raise and 3 percent bonus.
Read moreVotes counted over the weekend showed 97 percent of Denver Classroom Teachers Association members support the contract reached with the school district in which the average teacher will see an 11.7 percent raise.
Read moreOakland teachers were exuberant as they protested working conditions flanked by supporters and an impromptu marching band at a downtown rally Thursday afternoon.
Read moreWest Virginia teachers and other school personnel went back to work Thursday after their two-day strike killed a bill aimed at bringing charter schools and private-school vouchers to fruition in the Mountain State.
Read moreTeachers in Oakland, California, planned to raise picket signs Thursday in the country’s latest strike by educators over classroom conditions and pay.
Read moreTeachers from all 55 West Virginia counties went on strike Tuesday in an effort to ensure that a highly complex education bill that included proposals for charter schools and educational savings accounts would be tabled indefinitely.
Read moreNearly a year to the day after West Virginia teachers went on strike that launched a national “Red4Ed” movement, they’re doing it again. Unions called a statewide walkout Tuesday over education legislation they view as lacking their input and as retaliation for last year’s strike.
Read moreThe Denver Public Schools and its striking teachers reached a deal Thursday to end their three-day walkout, with raises of 7 to 11 percent, built-in cost-of-living increases and more opportunities for future salary hikes.
Read moreDENVER (CN) – Denver teachers returned to the picket lines Wednesday morning on the third day of a strike over
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