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LIRR Strike Ends With Tentative 4.5% Raise and Short Contract Extension

Ending the three-day stoppage, the tentative deal keeps final terms private, invites fresh scrutiny over union spending, pressures upcoming citywide transit talks.

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last mo.

LIRR Strike Talks Enter Final Week as Unions Rally and MTA Touts New Offer

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2mo ago

NYC Building Workers Authorize Strike as Contract Deadline Nears

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2mo ago

24-Hour Strike by Melbourne Council Workers Halts Rubbish Collection and Parking Fines

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2mo ago

University Hospital Strike in Brazil Continues as HU Brasil Files Labor Case and TST Sets 80% Staffing

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2mo ago

NYC Doormen and Building Workers Set Strike Vote as Contract Nears Expiration

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2mo ago

Report Finds North Korean Workers in Russia Trapped in Forced Labor in Violation of U.N. Bans

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3mo ago

First Circuit Pauses Lower-Court Block, Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations

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3mo ago

NYC Council Takes Up $30 Minimum Wage Bill Targeting 2030

4 ARTICLES

4mo ago

Nationwide Theater Strike Disrupts Stages Across Germany as Verdi Presses Wage Demands

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5mo ago

Portugal’s First General Strike Since 2013 Disrupts Transport, Schools and Public Services

5 ARTICLES

6mo ago

Argentina Dissolves INTI Calibration Service as Police Disperse Worker Protest on General Paz

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6mo ago

Mexico’s Young Workforce Faces Precarity as Consar Publishes First Afore Performance Monitor

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7mo ago

Boeing Strike Ends as IAM District 837 Ratifies Five-Year Contract

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7mo ago

ATE Jujuy Stages Provincewide Walkout Over Pay Offer

4 ARTICLES

7mo ago

Tate Staff Back Strike by 98%, Set 26 Nov–2 Dec Walkout

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7mo ago

Pub Insolvencies Hit Two-Decade High With Wetherspoon Cautious Before Budget

Cost of Living

LIRR Strike Ends With Tentative 4.5% Raise and Short Contract Extension

LIRR Strike Talks Enter Final Week as Unions Rally and MTA Touts New Offer

NYC Building Workers Authorize Strike as Contract Deadline Nears

24-Hour Strike by Melbourne Council Workers Halts Rubbish Collection and Parking Fines

University Hospital Strike in Brazil Continues as HU Brasil Files Labor Case and TST Sets 80% Staffing

NYC Doormen and Building Workers Set Strike Vote as Contract Nears Expiration

Report Finds North Korean Workers in Russia Trapped in Forced Labor in Violation of U.N. Bans

First Circuit Pauses Lower-Court Block, Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations

NYC Council Takes Up $30 Minimum Wage Bill Targeting 2030

Nationwide Theater Strike Disrupts Stages Across Germany as Verdi Presses Wage Demands

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Solano County Workers Complete Two-Day Strike as Contract Talks Stall

NYC Nurses Strike Enters Day Two, With 15,000 Off the Job at Major Hospitals

Telluride Ski Resort to Close Dec. 27 as Patrollers Launch Strike

Portugal’s First General Strike Since 2013 Disrupts Transport, Schools and Public Services

Argentina Dissolves INTI Calibration Service as Police Disperse Worker Protest on General Paz

Mexico’s Young Workforce Faces Precarity as Consar Publishes First Afore Performance Monitor

Boeing Strike Ends as IAM District 837 Ratifies Five-Year Contract

ATE Jujuy Stages Provincewide Walkout Over Pay Offer

Tate Staff Back Strike by 98%, Set 26 Nov–2 Dec Walkout

Pub Insolvencies Hit Two-Decade High With Wetherspoon Cautious Before Budget

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