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‘It Feels Like We Started a Movement’: Despite Mixed Results in Frito-Lay Strike, Workers Proud They Stood Up »
October 25, 2021 | Dan DiMaggioFrito-Lay workers won one guaranteed day off per week and put an end to forced “suicide” shifts after a 20-day strike this summer at their plant in Topeka, Kansas.
Nabisco Workers Hope Strike Inspires Others: 'There's More of Us than There Are of Them' »
October 25, 2021 | Dan DiMaggioA month-long strike by Nabisco workers beat back the snackmaker’s bid to introduce a two-tier health care plan and switch them onto 12-hour shifts. Employer contributions to workers’ 401(k) plans will be doubled.
Shocking Death on Set Shows What’s at Stake in IATSE Film and TV Crew Contract Fight »
October 22, 2021 | Sarah HughesThe union representing 60,000 film and television crew workers reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood producers October 16. The deal averted a first-ever national strike by the Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), which was set to begin the next night—at least for the time being.
'Let's Put a Wrench in Things Now': Deere Workers Strike as Company Rakes in Record Profits »
October 20, 2021 | Jonah FurmanTen thousand John Deere workers in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas launched an open-ended strike October 14.
After Strike, Washington Carpenters Approve New Contract by Slim Margin »
October 19, 2021 | Luis Feliz LeonGoing into the vote on a controversial fifth tentative agreement, the mood among Washington carpenters who had organized for a “no” vote was uncertain.
“It was so close last time, it’s hard to say what will happen,” said Tom Nolan hours before the vote tally was announced.
Kaiser's Outrageous Two-Tier Wage Proposal May Provoke a Massive Strike »
October 19, 2021 | Jonah Furman | Sarah HughesAt midnight on September 30, the national agreement expired between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Healthcare Unions: 21 locals representing 52,000 workers. Now 35,000 of them have authorized strikes.
Countdown to a Strike Tonight at John Deere »
October 13, 2021 | Jonah FurmanAt 11:59 p.m. tonight, barring a last-minute deal, nearly 10,000 Auto Workers members at John Deere in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas will go on strike. The last Deere strike began in 1986 and lasted for five months.
John Deere Workers Overwhelmingly Reject Contract, Could Strike Wednesday Night »
October 11, 2021 | Jonah FurmanJohn Deere workers on Sunday overwhelmingly voted down the first tentative agreement negotiated by the Auto Workers (UAW) and the company.
Two Thousand Hospital Workers Strike in Buffalo »
October 8, 2021 | Sarah HughesTwo thousand nurses, clerical workers, technologists, and service workers have walked out of Mercy Health in Buffalo, New York, in an open-ended strike over the hiring and retention of workers throughout the hospital.
In a Surprise, John Deere Workers Get to See Contract Before Voting On It »
October 8, 2021 | Jonah FurmanTen thousand Auto Workers (UAW) members at John Deere will vote on a new contract on Sunday, October 10. Unexpectedly, they can see the language of proposed changes to their several-hundred-page contract ahead of the vote.