Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation's freight trains.

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One union rejected a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads while three other unions remained at the bargaining table just days ahead of a strike deadline.

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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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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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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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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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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, ...

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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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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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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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