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A person briefed on the agreement said the ports sweetened their wage offer from about 50% over six years to 62%. read more >

Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation even though progress had been reported in contract talks. The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight. read more >

Despite historic strikes and record contract negotiations this year, there's a lot stacked against labor organizers today. read more >

UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement that the union has waited long enough "but Ford hasn't gotten the message" to bargain for a fair contract. read more >

Kaiser Permanente workers who say understaffing is hurting patient care walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states. read more >

In a Friday announcement, UAW President Shawn Fain said the strike will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan at noon Friday — meaning that some 25,000 workers (about 17% of the unions' 146,000 members) will soon be strik read more >

Workers walked out of General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers. read more >

The deal affects more than 8,000 union workers, who still have to vote to approve the agreement. read more >

UPS delivers millions more packages every day than it did just five years ago and its 350,000 unionized workers, represented by the Teamsters, still seethe about a contract they feel was forced on them in 2018. read more >

The Senate passed a bill to bind rail companies and workers to a proposed settlement, sending the legislation to President Biden. read more >

The bill lawmakers are considering would impose a compromise labor agreement brokered by the Biden administration that was ultimately voted down by four of 12 labor unions. read more >

"Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy," the president said in a statement. read more >

The business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers and National Retail Federation said even a short-term strike would have a tremendous impact and the economic pain would start to be felt even before the Dec. 9 strike deadline. read more >

A split vote Monday from the two biggest railroad unions follows the rejection by three other unions of their deals with the railroads that the Biden administration helped broker before the original strike deadline in September. Seven smaller unions have approved the five-year deal that, on top of the 24% raise, includes $5,000 in bonuses. read more >

The walkouts coincide with Starbucks' annual Red Cup Day, when the company gives free reusable cups to customers who order a holiday drink. read more >

The move allows time for engineers and conductors to vote on their agreements with the freight railroads and give more opportunity for the industry to renegotiate with two unions that rejected their deals last month. read more >

The union cited a "lack of good-faith bargaining" by the railroads and the denial of the "basic right of paid time off for illness." read more >

If both sides can't agree on contracts, Congress could step in to block a strike and impose terms on the workers. read more >

The deal that's retroactive to 2020 will give rail workers the biggest raises they've seen in more than four decades. But the concessions related to working conditions may prove to be more important to them. read more >

A strike or lockout won't be allowed until this coming Friday, but the railroads appear to be bracing for one. read more >