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5 workers picketing in UAW strike hit by vehicle outside Flint-area plant
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (AP) — About five people picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a Flint-area General Motors plant suffered minor injuries Tuesday when a vehicle leaving the plant struck them, police said. The striking workers were blocking a driveway, and an...
Las Vegas hospitality workers could be the latest major labor union to go on strike
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas hospitality workers may be the latest major labor union in the U.S. to go on strike after tens of thousands of members voted Tuesday on whether to authorize a walkout that could impact some of the city's most iconic casinos and hotels. The Culinary...
Biden urges striking auto workers to 'stick with it' in picket line visit unparalleled in history
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of support for organized labor by a modern president. Donning a union ballcap and exchanging fist bumps,...
UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 holiday workers this year, on par with last year
NEW YORK (AP) — UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers — at higher pay than a year ago — to help with the holiday rush this season, in line with hiring the previous three years. As part of a tentative five-year contract agreement with the Teamsters union approved last...
Trump says he always had autoworkers' backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster" for workers. Trump will bypass the second Republican...
Screenwriters wait to learn terms of deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Screenwriters waited Monday to learn what their five-month strike won and prepared for a possible return to work after their union reached an agreement with studio executives that could help end the walkouts that brought Hollywood to a standstill. The historic...
Canadian auto workers to target General Motors after deal with Ford is ratified
DETROIT (AP) — Canadian auto workers say General Motors will be their next target after members ratified a new three-year labor contract with Ford. Unifor, which represents about 4,300 workers at three GM facilities in Canada, said Monday it reached a strong deal with Ford and now...
Lecturers and staff at some UK universities stage a fresh round of strikes at the start of new term
LONDON (AP) — Lecturers and other staff at some 40 U.K. universities staged a new round of strike action on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay and work conditions, disrupting college students as many turned up at campus for “freshers' week,” or their first week at university. ...
As writers reach tentative deal and actors look ahead, here are the Hollywood Strikes' key players
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The double-barreled strike that brought Hollywood to a halt may be half over after a tentative deal has been struck to return screenwriters to work after nearly five months. The two sides had been divided on issues of pay, the size of writing staffs on shows and...
Canadian autoworkers ratify new labor agreement with Ford
Canadian autoworkers ratified a new labor agreement with Ford Motor Co. on Sunday, averting a threatened strike and potentially setting a precedent that could play out in the United Auto Workers' strike at automaker facilities in the U.S. The new agreement raises base hourly pay for...
