United Auto Workers, General Motors reach contract agreement
By DEE-ANN DURBIN The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Co. have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, avoiding a strike for now. The UAW said…
Strikes
Judge strikes down California teacher tenure
By LINDA DEUTSCH Alex Caputo-Pearl, president elect of United Teachers Los Angeles, takes questions on about the verdict of the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 10,…
BART union ratifies contract that ended strike
By TERRY COLLINS FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers wait for a train in Oakland, Calif. A BART labor union overwhelmingly…
Indonesian laborers go on nationwide pay strike
Indonesian workers march during a rally against low wages in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct 31, 2013. Thousands of workers staged the rally demanding the Jakarta government to set a new…
SF TRANSIT STRIKE HAS COMMUTERS FACING GRIDLOCK
By LISA LEFF and TRACIE CONE With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack…
TRAIN KILLS 2 TRACK WORKERS AMID SF BAY STRIKE
By TERRY COLLINS and TRACIE CONE A BART police officer covers one of the two people that were struck and killed by a moving BART train along Jones Road in…
2ND SF BAY AREA TRANSIT STRIKE IN 4 MONTHS BEGINS
By TERRY COLLINS Roxanne Sanchez, left, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, left, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco…
100,000 POLES IN ANTI-GOVT MARCH, THREATEN STRIKE
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA A protester beats a drum in front of Solidarity trade unionists marching during a demonstration against the government’s labor and wage policies in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept.…