Today: November 03, 2024
Today: November 03, 2024

Labor Strike

Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Boeing, in need of cash, looking to raise up to approximately $19B in offering

Boeing is looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in a stock offering as the aerospace giant, which is dealing with a contentious strike, faces liquidity issues and tries to raise cash

Boeing, in need of cash, looking to raise up to approximately $19B in offering
Business|Entertainment

Hollywood's videogame performers to strike over AI, pay concerns

Videogame voice actors and motion-capture performers have called a strike over failed labor contract negotiations focused around AI-related protections for workers,

Hollywood's videogame performers to strike over AI, pay concerns
Arts|Business|Entertainment|Technology

Video game actors are now on strike. Here's why

More than 2,500 video game voice actors and motion capture performers are going on strike after negotiations with game industry giants that began nearly two years ago failed to result in an agreement

Video game actors are now on strike. Here's why
Business|Europe|Sports|Travel

Workers go on strike at five-star Paris hotel where IOC members are staying for Olympics

Workers have gone on strike at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying

Workers go on strike at five-star Paris hotel where IOC members are staying for Olympics
Asia|Business|Technology|World

Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks on Friday

Samsung Electronics and representatives of its biggest workers' union in South Korea that has been on a strike since early last week have agreed to resume negotiations on Friday, the

Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks on Friday
Asia|Business|Economy

Samsung Electronics workers announce 'indefinite' strike

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics have declared an indefinite strike to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pays and other benefits

Samsung Electronics workers announce 'indefinite' strike
Asia|Health

South Korea to withdraw plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve medical impasse

South Korea says it’ll withdraw its earlier plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve the country’s long medical impasse

South Korea to withdraw plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve medical impasse
Business|News|US

UAW strikes GM's Escalade factory, turning up pressure for higher wages

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Tuesday struck a General Motors assembly plant in Texas that builds the U.S. automaker's profitable full-size

UAW strikes GM's Escalade factory, turning up pressure for higher wages
Africa|Economy|News|World

Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation

Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades

Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation
Americas|Business|Economy|News

Argentine unions strike to protest Milei reforms, pressure lawmakers

Argentina's oilseed and maritime worker unions kicked off a strike on Monday to protest a labor reform bill backed by radical libertarian President Javier Milei, which

Argentine unions strike to protest Milei reforms, pressure lawmakers
Business|Finance|Lifestyle|Travel|US

700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip

About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels

700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology

Amazon workers at UK warehouse strike again over pay, union recognition

Around 1,400 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, central England, went on strike on Tuesday and plan to do so again on Wednesday as part of a long-running

Amazon workers at UK warehouse strike again over pay, union recognition
Business|Economy|Technology

Amazon's logistics workers in Spain plan Cyber Monday walk-outs

Spanish union CCOO on Monday called on 20,000 warehouse and delivery workers at Amazon's local unit to stage a one-hour strike on each shift on Nov. 27, a date known by retailers as

Amazon's logistics workers in Spain plan Cyber Monday walk-outs
Travel|US

Las Vegas casino, hotel workers set strike deadline after talks stall

Some 35,000 Las Vegas hospitality workers are ready to walk off the job on Friday, Nov. 10 in a strike against casino and resort operators MGM Resorts

Las Vegas casino, hotel workers set strike deadline after talks stall
Business|News|US

UAW strikes GM SUV assembly, propulsion facility in Tennessee

The United Auto Workers on Saturday expanded its strike at General Motors to include an additional plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee as the union reached

UAW strikes GM SUV assembly, propulsion facility in Tennessee
Business|Economy|Finance|US

UAW reaches deal with GM, ends coordinated strikes against Detroit automakers

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on Monday, signaling an end to walkouts that have cost the No.

UAW reaches deal with GM, ends coordinated strikes against Detroit automakers
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|News

Strike ends at major Mexican gold mine after workers pocket 8% raise

A four-month-long labor strike has been lifted at Newmont's Penasquito gold mine in Mexico after a deal was reached between workers and the firm to boost salaries, according to

Strike ends at major Mexican gold mine after workers pocket 8% raise
Business|Economy|News|US

GM furloughs another 163 workers due to UAW strike

General Motors said on Tuesday it was laying off another 163 workers in Ohio because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike at two assembly plants and 18 parts distribution centers.

GM furloughs another 163 workers due to UAW strike
Business|Economy|US

UAW set to expand strike at Ford, GM

The United Auto Workers will walk off the job at an additional plant each at General Motors and Ford, but will spare Stellantis after last-minutes concessions by the Chrysler parent, union

UAW set to expand strike at Ford, GM
Business|Economy|Finance|US

UAW makes new counter proposal to Chrysler parent Stellantis -union

The United Auto Workers made a new counter-proposal to Chrysler-parent Stellantis on Thursday, just one day before the union is set to strike

UAW makes new counter proposal to Chrysler parent Stellantis -union
Education|News|US

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike

Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers in the California State University system have reached a tentative contract agreement and will end their planned strike against the nation's largest public university system

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike
Business|Economy|US

Strikes trim profit at GM in an otherwise strong quarter; more losses likely if picketing spreads

A strike by autoworkers against General Motors is expected to cut the automaker's pretax earnings by $800 million this year, and another $200 million per week after that

Strikes trim profit at GM in an otherwise strong quarter; more losses likely if picketing spreads
Business|News|US

Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says 'record profits' should be shared

President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers

Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says 'record profits' should be shared

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