Members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), affiliated with National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, went out on a strike to protect their health insurance and pension benefits. Dania Muñoz, a nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, explained that the private hospitals she and others were taking on are 'some of the top paid hospital systems in the country.'
Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are heading back to the picket line as representatives take a seat at the bargaining table in an effort to reach a new contract. The largest and longest nurses strike in New York City history is entering its 39th day as the union and hospital continue to disagree. The is over-staffing, which is the subject of Thursday's bargaining session.
I'm not going to say this is a great thing; this is unforeseen. At the end of the day, leadership is important and leadership comes and goes, but what remains is the players. Our union is strong and always has been strong because of the solidarity of our members, of our players. That is going to continue, and as I've said in the past in different contexts, anybody who underestimates the strength of the MLB Players Association does so at their own peril.
As the strike continues into mid-week, the tone projected by district staff and Superintendent Maria Su at press events has begun to sharpen, and Su's frustration with union representatives boiled over on Wednesday morning. Su said both yesterday and this morning that district staff and Mayor Daniel Lurie - who joined the union and the district at the bargaining table on Tuesday evening - expected to stay at the table "all night" until a deal is made.
Tarik Skubal won his salary arbitration hearing with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner from Hayward will be paid a record $32 million this year instead of the team's $19 million offer. Jeanne Charles, Walt De Treux and Allen Ponak made the decision one day after listening to arguments.
This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss... Tim's recent post looking at MLB's economics and issues of parity (1:20) The possibility of a salary cap coming into existence at some point in the future (5:25) Comparing the salary cap path to alterations to the current revenue sharing system (8:40) The public relations battle with fans knowing all about players and their salaries but not necessarily knowing so much about the owners and their finances (17:35)
"We couldn't be more excited to have Trinity in the NWSL," Berman told ESPN on Friday. "We always said that it was a priority and that we would fight for her and that our goal was to find a way to sign her within the confines of the rules that apply to all clubs, and we were able to do that."
The agreements announced Monday cover both the Urban Postal Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units. CUPW's national board recommends members accept the deals during ratification votes set to be held in early 2026. Canada Post said the deals include a 6.5 per cent wage increase in the first year, followed by a three per cent hike in the second year and increases matching the annual inflation rate in Years 3 through 5.
"A few months ago at the bargaining table, we said we can't let this drag on into another year," Robbins said. "We're close to an agreement, but we're still pretty far apart on a lot of important issues." The union (NSLU) told New Seasons they needed to come to a tentative agreement on a historic first contract by the time they held their monthly membership meeting on December 4, so union members could review the agreement prior to the end of the year.
WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is making her debut with the senior US women's national team this weekend, taking part in a training camp at Duke under first-time Team USA head coach Kara Lawson. And while much of the attention on Friday was focused on how the American squad might evolve before the 2026 Fiba World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics Clark is one of 10 newcomers a topic of conversation looming over the first day of practice were the collective bargaining negotiations happening now between the WNBA and its players.
The Dodgers' marketing strategy aimed at blue-collar fans of the boys in blue isn't hypocritical. The franchise reached two landmark Collective Bargaining Agreements in 2023 with the Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW). Although raises to the 450 employees that included ushers, security officers and groundskeepers were recognized as long overdue and took organized protests and the threat of a strike for the Dodgers to agree to a contract, the result was a decisive victory for union solidarity.
In late July, before a game against the Boston Red Sox, Bryce Harper sat slumped in a chair in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse, a baseball bat in hand. Philadelphia was the latest stop on Rob Manfred's leaguewide speaking tour; ahead of a CBA negotiation that virtually everyone in baseball expects to involve a 2027 work stoppage, the MLB commissioner spent the summer visiting all 30 teams, trying to get players on board with his plans to restructure the league's economics. When the subject of a salary cap came up late in the meeting, Harper rose from his seat. He walked closer to Manfred until their noses almost touched, and told the commissioner that if Manfred wanted to talk salary cap, he could "get the fuck out of our clubhouse."
Unions representing French doctors have called for 'unprecedented' strike action starting on January 5th, in opposition to the draft 2026 social security bill. Seven doctors' unions issued a unified call for strike action on Wednesday, urging doctors to 'prepare for an unprecedented strike starting on Monday, January 5th.' The call for strikes specifically affects médecins libéraux, meaning self-employed doctors, such as GPs and specialists with their own practices, as well as medical students and interns (doctors in training).
One week into its open-ended unfair labor practices (ULP) strike, Starbucks Workers United is escalating its action, with hundreds of baristas in 25 additional cities joining picket lines. More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas are now striking at 95 stores in 65 cities, and new stores continue filing for union elections including five non-union shops that submitted petitions this week. The strike began Nov. 13 at about 65 unionized Starbucks stores in more than 40 cities under the banner Red Cup Rebellion.
