More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday, the first major walkout at the agricultural machinery giant in more than three decades.
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Read More »October 14, 2021 Comments Off on ‘Strong position to bargain’: Deere & Co. workers go on strike after rejecting contract
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday, the first major walkout at the agricultural machinery giant in more than three decades.
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Read More »July 16, 2018 Comments Off on Showdown looms as Washington Metro workers approve strike
After years without a new contract, the Washington Metro's largest union has overwhelmingly authorized a strike, just as thousands of tourists arrive in the nation's capital for this week's Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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Read More »September 5, 2017 Comments Off on Strike averted as IKEA talks with Md. distribution hub workers
PERRYVILLE — A strike has been averted after IKEA and workers at a distribution center in Maryland agreed to extend contract talks. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the workers’ union had rejected IKEA’s latest proposal and approved a strike that ...
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Read More »November 16, 2016 Comments Off on Md. grocery workers union reaches tentative deal to avoid strike
A union representing grocery store workers says it has reached tentative agreement with both Giant and Safeway. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 27 leaders announced a tentative agreement with Giant in a statement late Tuesday. Leaders are recommending the ...
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Read More »May 27, 2016 Comments Off on Verizon, unions reach deal in principle for 4-year contract
NEW YORK — Striking Verizon employees may be back to work next week after the company and its unions reached an agreement in principle for a four-year contract. About 39,000 landline and cable employees in nine Eastern states and Washington, ...
Read More »April 13, 2016 Comments Off on Sanders cheers 39K Verizon strikers in Md., other states
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cheered on striking Verizon workers Wednesday after 39,000 landline and cable employees walked off the job. Sanders told workers at a picket line in Brooklyn they displayed courage by standing up to ...
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Read More »July 11, 2014 Comments Off on Johns Hopkins workers eye vote on labor contract
Members of a union representing 2,000 hospital workers are weighing in on a labor agreement reached earlier this week with Johns Hopkins Hospital after months of contentious negotiations with the medical institution.
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Read More »July 8, 2014 Comments Off on Will Hopkins labor contract influence other hospitals?
Union officials are hailing their tentative contract deal with Johns Hopkins Hospital as a victory for health care workers across Baltimore and the state.
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Read More »July 8, 2014 Comments Off on Hopkins Hospital, union reach tentative labor pact
After months of negotiations, a three-day strike, a high-profile rally and intervention by the governor, a “tentative” contract agreement has been reached between Johns Hopkins Hospital and the union representing about 2,000 of its workers.
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Read More »June 18, 2014 Comments Off on Hopkins workers plan second strike
Workers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital are preparing to launch a four-day strike next Friday, their second in three months.
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