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Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Jan. 23, 2025 06:45 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a new contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November. The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it...

The Las Vegas hotel workers union has reached a deal with a casino near the Strip to end its longest strike in decades

Jan. 22, 2025 18:59 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas hotel workers union has reached a deal with a casino near the Strip to end its longest strike in decades.

Boeing's aircraft deliveries and orders in 2024 reflect the company's rough year

Jan. 14, 2025 13:56 PM EST

Boeing delivered less than half the number of commercial aircraft to customers than its European rival in 2024 as the American aerospace giant's output suffered under intensified government scrutiny and a factory workers' strike, according to data released Tuesday. Boeing said it...

Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals

Jan. 10, 2025 21:34 PM EST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some 5,000 hospital health care workers walked off the job Friday as they picketed all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, in what the state health workers union described as the largest health care strike in Oregon history — and the first to involve doctors. ...

Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory

Jan. 09, 2025 19:11 PM EST

Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones that remained open during a busy time of year at the country's biggest ski resort. The...

Longshoremen reach tentative agreement with ports, shippers, averting a potential strike

Jan. 08, 2025 23:03 PM EST

U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy. The International Longshoremen's Association union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance of ports and shipping companies said they had...

Ski patrollers reach deal to end strike at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort

Jan. 08, 2025 14:38 PM EST

Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort reached a tentative deal with the corporate owner of Utah's Park City Mountain Resort to end a strike and resume normal operations after almost two weeks of closed terrain and long lift lines at the busiest time of year. Neither the Park...

Rare ski patroller strike at largest resort in US causes long lines and closes terrain

Jan. 07, 2025 19:42 PM EST

Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S. ski resort with a rare strike that began over the busy holidays and carried on into the new year's fresh powder. The resulting thin staffing at Utah's Park...

US dockworkers threaten to strike against automation, creating economic uncertainty

Jan. 07, 2025 08:55 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy just as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. ...

Still unable to find equipment makers, New Jersey offshore wind project seeks 2nd delay

Dec. 31, 2024 12:56 PM EST

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey offshore wind project is seeking a second delay, saying it still can't find someone to build crucial equipment for the turbines in the latest patch of turbulence striking the industry. Leading Light Wind had already received one pause on its...