Double trouble when two disasters strike electrical transmission infrastructure
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Apple store workers go on strike in Australia
Apple isn't just facing unionization efforts among its retail workers. The New York Times reports about 150 store staff went on strike for an hour Tuesday…
Apple Workers in Australia Set to Strike Over Stalled Pay, Benefits Negotiations on October 18
A union representing Australian employees of iPhone maker Apple voted to strike due to a lack of progress on wage negotiations, a union official said on…
Apple Workers in Australia Set to Strike Over Wages, Benefits
A union representing Australian employees of iPhone maker Apple voted to strike due to a lack of progress on wage negotiations, a union official said on…
Hundreds of janitors strike at Facebook campuses across Bay Area amid impending layoffs
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Hundreds of janitors have been on…
Amazon suspends Staten Island workers who held impromptu strike
Amazon has responded swiftly to the impromptu strike at its unionized Staten Island warehouse. The company and workers have confirmed to CNN that about 50…
Amazon workers hold impromptu strike after Staten Island warehouse fire
More than 100 Amazon employees conducted a work stoppage for around three hours after a fire broke out at a fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York.…
A US Rail Strike Was Averted—but the Crisis Is Far From Over
In the early hours of Thursday morning, major US freight railroad companies reached a tentative agreement with unions, narrowly averting a nationwide rail…
Signal makes Google strike organizer Meredith Walker its first president
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has hired former Google manager and tech critic Meredith Whittaker as its first president, it announced in a blog post.…
Etsy strike organizers are forming the Indie Sellers Guild to help merchants
When a group of Etsy sellers announced in March that they would temporarily shut down their shops to protest changes on the platform, organizers made a…