Strike

More than 400 nurses at Backus Hospital went on strike Tuesday, two days after the hospital and the union representing the nurses failed to reach a new contract agreement during the coronavirus pandemic. The Backus Federation of Nurses, under AFT Connecticut, launched the strike Tuesday morning with a rally outside the hospital. “Nurses do not take the decision to strike…

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

The man who organized a walk-out at an Amazon facility on Staten Island was fired shortly after dozens of workers protested over what they said is a lack of coronavirus protections.

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a...

This Saturday, over 1,000 janitors in Hartford, Stamford and New Haven voted unanimously to authorize a strike. The contract, which covers 2,400 janitors in the region, expires on Dec. 31. If an agreement is not reached, the union, 32BJ SEIU, can now call a strike anytime on or after Jan. 1. Over 4,000 janitors are covered in Connecticut by two…

Private and public workers in Paris called a general strike Thursday, which shut down most of Paris. They are protesting proposed changes to the country’s retirement system.

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to…

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Chicago Public Schools canceled all classes and activities for Thursday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the district’s CEO announced Wednesday morning, in anticipation of the Chicago Teachers Union moving forward with a strike.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

British Airways says it has had to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots’ 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had “no way of predicting how many (pilots) would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly.” As a result, it said it had “no option but to...

A nursing home workers strike has been averted.

The threat of a strike looms for thousands of nursing home workers across the state.

Former Boston Bruins star Ray Bourque is apologizing for crossing a picket line to shop at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Massachusetts while the workers are on strike.

Stop & Shop and the workers’ union have resumed negotiations on Saturday. It comes on day three of the massive strike, with pay and benefits still sticking points.

Stop & Shop workers in the 240 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island walked off the job Thursday.

Denver teachers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of going on strike after more than a year of negotiations over base pay. Rob Gould, lead negotiator for the Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association, said 93 percent of unionized teachers voted in favor of a strike. The union represents 5,635 educators in the Denver Public School system, which could see a strike as...

If a teachers’ strike occurs Monday as anticipated, affected students will be offered free admission to the Los Angeles Zoo, the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and the Petersen Automotive Museum.

Workers at United Technologies in Cheshire are on strike after not reaching a contract agreement. The employees said they are striking over pay and health insurance costs.

The U.S. Navy said two aviators died after an F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed off the coast of Key West on Wednesday.