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fromLos Angeles Times
5 hours ago

LAUSD and teachers union reach tentative agreement days before threatened strike

A tentative agreement has been reached between Los Angeles school officials and the teachers union, potentially averting a planned strike.
fromwww.bbc.com
14 hours ago

'Doctors strikes' and 'paw prints in space'

The Forest of Dean could soon get its first drive through KFC, but Gloucestershire Live reported some residents were concerned it could "blight the area's beauty".
UK news
SF politics
fromMission Local
2 days ago

S.F. unions pledge to fight 'every one' of layoffs proposed by Mayor Lurie

Public sector unions oppose layoffs proposed by Mayor Lurie, emphasizing the importance of city workers for San Francisco's recovery.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 days ago

Ford government to cut length of teachers' college, revamp training requirements | CBC News

The government says it will also establish a minimum practicum length as a way to emphasize real, in-class experience.
Canada news
fromSecuritymagazine
3 days ago

Baltimore Security Guards On Strike

The union claims the company barred security guards from unionizing, alleging that workers who participated in unions were discriminated against and even fired.
Boston
fromCalifornia Post
3 days ago

Exclusive | Fight brewing as controversial bill to let California state workers stay remote advances

Remote work not only increases worker efficiency but also helps state workers who are struggling to pay bills. It costs state workers roughly $6,000 a year to come into office four times a week.
California
Atlanta Braves
fromDefector
4 days ago

What Is A Strike | Defector

The Automated Ball-Strike system defines the strike zone based on a batter's height, eliminating human ambiguity in calling strikes.
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Terrifying video shows disgruntled employee start Ontario warehouse fire: 'All you had to do was pay us enough to live'

A video posted by an Instagram account bearing Abdulkarim's name shows him lighting a goods on fire in the warehouse while taking aim at his company. 'All you had to do was pay us enough to live,' he repeats in the clip.
Toronto startup
Higher education
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

NYU professors ratify their first union contract after March walkout

NYU professors reached their first union contract, securing job security, academic freedom, and significant pay raises after a strike.
fromThe Local France
4 days ago

EXPLAINED: France's proposed new law for working on May 1st

May 1st was established as a public holiday by Article L. 3133-4 of the French Labour Code on May 1st, 1947. This article states: 'May 1st is a public holiday and a day off work.'
France news
#lausd
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

LAUSD strike: Here is where negotiations stand

Three major unions representing 70,000 LAUSD employees are negotiating to prevent a strike that could shut down all schools.
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

LAUSD strike: Here is where negotiations stand

Three major unions representing 70,000 LAUSD employees are negotiating to prevent a strike that could shut down all schools.
Remote teams
fromWAMC
1 week ago

State officials plan appeal of Vermont Labor Relations Board decision

Vermont's governor criticizes the Labor Relations Board's decision allowing remote workers to return to hybrid work.
Canada news
fromTruthout
3 days ago

In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership

Avi Lewis has been elected as the new leader of Canada's NDP, promising a leftward shift in party policies.
NYC parents
fromGothamist
1 week ago

Teachers union flexes on New York state budget: pension boosts or bust

Improving pension benefits for public employees is a priority for New York City's teacher union amid ongoing budget negotiations.
NYC politics
fromCity & State NY
1 week ago

Unions, NYC council members to rally for DCWP funding

Labor unions and advocates rally to demand full funding for the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection amid proposed budget cuts.
Media industry
from48 hills
6 days ago

CBS workers win tentative contract - 48 hills

Writers and producers at CBS News reached a tentative agreement after a 24-hour walkout, addressing wage increases and toll reimbursements.
#los-angeles-schools
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Three unions unite in massive LAUSD strike threat: What's at stake for workers, families

Three unions in Los Angeles public schools unite for a strike to demand better contracts and higher pay.
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Families, union workers bracing for a crippling, historic LAUSD strike in exactly one week

Los Angeles schools face a potential historic employee walkout involving three major unions, impacting 390,000 students and families' routines.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 days ago

TDSB expects to cut 289 teaching positions next fall, board says | CBC News

TDSB anticipates cutting 289 teaching positions due to a projected decline of nearly 5,000 students next school year.
Higher education
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Faculty Fight Anti-Union Tactics at St. John's University in New York

St. John's University faculty mobilizes against administration's decision to end union recognition and contract negotiations, citing labor conditions and transparency issues.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 days ago

Berkeley school district approves new contract with classified workers

The new contract covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, and was ratified by 99% of voting union members on March 23. The agreement includes a 3% retroactive raise for this school year, a 4% increase for next school year, and a one-time bonus of $600 to $1,000.
Education
Boston
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

'Children's lives are at stake': Boston teachers protest staffing cuts

Boston Public Schools face over 400 job cuts, impacting support for high-needs students, prompting calls for increased funding from educators and community members.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Unite fined 265k over bin strike protests

Unite union fined £265,000 for repeatedly breaching an injunction during Birmingham's bin strike, with additional £170,000 interim payment ordered for council legal costs.
Canada news
fromYahoo Finance
1 week ago

B.C. union calls for full-time remote work due to spiking gas prices

The BC General Employees' Union requests full-time remote work for employees due to high fuel prices.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Avi Lewis, elected to lead Canada's New Democratic party, promises NDP comeback'

Lewis emphasized the need to properly tax corporations and billionaires, stating, 'It is time, far past time, to properly tax the corporations and billionaires that have been riding a tidal wave of profits while the 99% have been suffering and struggling.'
Canada news
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

In the Shadows: Records Show Labor Leader's Campaign to Influence City Councilors

Labor Council executive Laurie Wimmer secretly influenced Portland City Council leadership strategy, including proposing litigation to challenge charter interpretation on mayoral tie-breaking authority.
East Bay (California)
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Monday Morning Headlines: Teachers Begin Strike In Dublin

Dublin teachers strike over budget cuts and layoffs; schools operate limited schedules while multiple regions face economic and social crises including teacher deaths, housing shifts, and enrollment declines.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Unite cuts more than 500,000 from Labour amid bin strike - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Unite members are coming to the end of the line as far Labour is concerned. Workers are scratching their heads asking whose side are Labour on, who do they really represent, because it certainly isn't workers. Workers and communities are paying the price. Labour needs to wake up and smell the coffee. The cut in affiliation fee shows the anger of Unite members.
UK politics
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago

Canada's border agency under fire for treatment of sexual harassment cases | CBC News

The House of Commons committee is investigating systemic discrimination and toxic culture within the Canada Border Services Agency.
Higher education
fromMission Local
1 month ago

UCSF workers move to unionize - with potential statewide strike on the way

University of California workers are unionizing with UAW to protect jobs and wages amid federal attacks on higher education funding and diversity programs.
SF politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Teamsters Boss Who Nearly Came to Blows With Markwayne Mullin Endorses His DHS Nomination

Teamsters president Sean O'Brien endorsed Senator Markwayne Mullin's nomination as Homeland Security secretary, despite their heated confrontation during a 2023 Senate hearing.
#labor-strike
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Striking workers reach deal with group home based in Oakville, Ont., union says | CBC News

OPSEU Local 249 workers at an Ontario group home secured a deal through mediation-arbitration after a two-day strike, gaining wage increases and improved working conditions.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Striking workers reach deal with group home based in Oakville, Ont., union says | CBC News

OPSEU Local 249 workers at an Ontario group home secured a deal through mediation-arbitration after a two-day strike, gaining wage increases and improved working conditions.
fromNew York Daily News
1 month ago

Husband's alleged online attacks against union rep spark calls to oust Brooklyn superintendent

The UFT has a good faith basis to believe that 'Jose Tricoche' is Ms. Lynch-Reyes' spouse, Miguel Reyes. The UFT demands that the Department immediately cease and desist from engaging in fraudulent and defamatory online attacks of UFT representatives, including Adam Shapiro, and from unlawfully interfering with the Union's representation function in District 21.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

'We've had enough secrets': First Nations group opposes Ontario move to limit freedom-of-information laws | CBC News

Provincial decisions affect First Nations' rights, lands and environments, and FOI requests are one of the few mechanisms available to First Nations and the public to understand how those decisions were made. Having access to this information, particularly if it's a decision made by the premier or other cabinet ministers, or just understanding how those decisions came to be, is just part of good governance.
Canada news
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Striking Nurses From Coast to Coast Stood Up to Corporate Forces and Won

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.'
Public health
Education
fromKqed
1 month ago

Teacher Strikes Continue Amid Year of Labor Strife | KQED

California K-12 teachers are striking across multiple districts due to funding challenges from declining enrollment, expensive living costs, and exhausted pandemic relief money.
East Bay (California)
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Teachers Avert Strike

Oakland teachers secured a tentative two-year contract with 11-13% wage increases, BART directors voted to cut 60% of service if funding fails, and Clinton testified about his Epstein relationship.
NYC politics
fromChalkbeat
1 month ago

Unions, NYCLU slam bills that would grant police more power over protests at schools

A proposed bill to establish police buffer zones at schools and campuses faces opposition from faculty unions and civil liberties advocates who argue it would restrict protest rights despite claims it promotes transparency.
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani's New York?

Three adjunct CUNY professors fired after participating in a Brooklyn College protest have been reinstated following union organizing and talks involving Mayor Mamdani.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Critics say Ottawa's sustainable jobs plan offers no new support for energy workers | CBC News

Canada's sustainable jobs action plan primarily lists existing policies without targeted measures for energy workers facing displacement from the energy transition.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Yes, You Can Be Fired While on Maternity Leave | The Walrus

A former Google Canada employee alleges she was wrongfully dismissed days after announcing her pregnancy, and is suing for pregnancy discrimination under Ontario law.
#teachers-strike
fromKqed
1 month ago
California

Teachers' Unions Across the State Mobilizing in Labor Fights | KQED

fromKqed
1 month ago
California

Teachers' Unions Across the State Mobilizing in Labor Fights | KQED

London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

City Hall policing office staff to strike over pay

MOPAC staff will strike three days over an imposed 2% pay award seen as a real-terms cut and lowest increase across the GLA.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Council workers to vote over possible pay strike

About 1,000 Unite members working on housing maintenance across several English councils will vote on strike action after rejecting a 3.2% pay offer.
Public health
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

NURSES STRIKE: Firefighters and pols join caregivers on picket line in Manhattan amNewYork

Firefighters joined NYC nurses on the picket line demanding fair contracts, safe staffing, adequate healthcare benefits, and protections from workplace violence amid alleged retaliations.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

America's largest labor movement joins the fight against ICE

Minnesota unions and community groups endorsed a statewide economic blackout on January 23 to protest ICE actions and federal enforcement presence.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Workers at London councils to be balloted on pay strike

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: The way the LGA has conducted pay negotiations has been nothing short of a disgrace. Craft workers who do difficult and highly skilled jobs deserve better than the LGA playing politics with their livelihoods and imposing a poor pay offer without negotiations. They will have Unite's full backing throughout this dispute which is of the LGA's own making.
UK politics
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Why Has Canada Still Not Outlawed Corporal Punishment Against Children? | The Walrus

Canadian Criminal Code Section 43 permits parents and teachers to use reasonable physical force to correct children, providing a legal defence against assault charges.
Canada news
fromYahoo News
2 months ago

'Nothing is off the table': PSAC threatens 'legal action' over new office mandate for public servants

PSAC says the federal government's order to require most public servants to work four days in-office weekly constitutes grounds for legal action.
Canada news
fromYahoo News
2 months ago

Union president says 'a strike vote on remote work' could be coming

Federal government requires public servants back in office four days weekly, provoking union outrage and potential strike votes amid simultaneous job-cut announcements.
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

San Francisco school workers are the latest California educators to authorize a strike

United Educators of San Francisco authorized a potential strike with 97.6% support to demand increased public education funding, more special education supports, and stable staffing.
#hybrid-work
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ontario union leader won't be seeking re-election in May vote | CBC News

Fred Hahn will not seek re-election as CUPE Ontario president this spring after controversy over a social-media video; he has led the union since 2010.
Education
fromMission Local
1 month ago

S.F. teacher's strike, Day 4: Late night of talks, deal inching closer

San Francisco teachers strike continues into a fourth day with core disputes over wages, healthcare, and special education staffing unresolved.
#teacher-strike
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ontario not purchased or leased new space for thousands of returning civil servants | CBC News

Ontario government has not signed new leases or purchased real estate despite mandating 60,000 public servants to return to full-time in-office work, causing space shortages.
Canada news
fromThe Globe and Mail
2 months ago

Federal public servants required to be in office four days a week as of July

Federal government requires public servants to work at least four days per week in-office starting July 6; executives must work five days from May 4.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

School board takeovers distraction from chronic underfunding of Ontario schools, say teacher and student reps | CBC News

Ontario considers replacing elected school board trustees with provincial supervisors while educator and student groups say takeovers mask chronic underfunding and staffing shortages.
Education
fromMission Local
2 months ago

School principals, maintenance workers: If teachers strike, we will too

San Francisco administrators, clerks and custodians authorized sympathy strikes; superintendent says schools will close if teachers strike, citing unresolved benefit and pay negotiations.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

CUSMA negotiations, interprovincial trade on the table as Carney meets with premiers | CBC

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with premiers in Ottawa to discuss trade, CUSMA review, tariffs, and national unity amid separatist reports and U.S. contacts.
fromTruthout
1 month ago

San Francisco Teachers Win Big, Ending City's First Educator Strike in Decades

San Francisco public school teachers and their union celebrated Friday after negotiating a tentative agreement for a new contract with higher pay and fully funded family healthcare, ending a four-day walkout that was the city's first educator strike in nearly half a century. United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) said its bargaining team reached a two-year tentative deal with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) at around 5:30 am local time Friday.
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