You're Already On Strike. How to Turn Up the Heat?

Teamsters at Marathon Petroleum in Detroit have been on the picket line since September 4, their first strike in 30 years. Tankers filled with gasoline regularly exit the massive, belching refinery on a main Detroit artery, as Marathon continues production …

One doctor for 100 patients: Italian medical workers went on strike last week

“The reality is that we are hostages to the hospital, in a climate of ever-increasing pressure which demands more and more from us, like an assembly line,” says Dr. Mirko Schipilliti, an emergency room physician in Padua and union representative for ANAOO, …

How will Italy's general strike affect daily life on Friday?

The strike was called by some of Italy’s major trade unions, including CUB, CGIL, UIL and COBAS, in mid-October in protest against the government's 2025 budget plan, which include cuts to spending on social security, citizen services and public …

'We want this resolved': nurses strike at Port Macquarie Private Hospital

Detroit-area Corewell Health nurses vote to unionize with the Teamsters

Corewell Health nurses support vote to unionize under the Teamsters. [Photo: Nurses for Nurses]A majority of nearly 10,000 nurses who work for Corewell Health in the Detroit area voted on November 15 to be represented by the International Brotherhood of …

NSW Police Accept 39% Pay Increase From Government Who Won’t Offer Nurses More Than 15% Raise

The Police Association of New South Wales (PANSW) has struck a massive new pay deal with the Chris Minns Government that will see officers earn pay rises of up to 39 per cent. However, some punters have criticised the biggest wage increase in NSW Police …

Women & Infants Hospital caregivers vote on potential strike

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Nurses and caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital began voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike, citing ongoing frustrations over staffing shortages, low wages, and working conditions. The union, which represents about …

Inside Mercy Hospital: 3 years after strike, changes have come to the South Buffalo facility

The sun was not yet up on Oct. 1, 2021, when dozens of health care workers emerged from Mercy Hospital’s front entrance and joined hundreds of their union colleagues on the picket line. The strike, which involved 2,000 union workers, lasted for more than a …

Nurses at Ramsay Health Care hospitals in New South Wales announce 24-hour strike

(Reuters) – Hundreds of nurses and midwives across Ramsay Health Care’s 17 hospitals in Australia’s New South Wales will go on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, demanding a pay hike and better staffing, a union representing them said on Monday. “Our members are …

A UK university strike now risks being futile and counterproductive

As everyone knows, the UK’s higher education sector is in financial crisis. The Office for Students projects that 40 per cent of universities will be in deficit this academic year – and 72 per cent by 2025-26. Post-92s, which have not benefited from the …