December 23, 2024

US auto workers halt strike expansion after concessions on EV battery plant

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has said that it will not further expand its strike after winning a major breakthrough, bringing electric vehicle battery plants into the union’s national contract. In a video appearance on Friday, UAW President Shawn Fain said that the decision would change the future of the union and the auto […]

Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow

The writers won. I know that sounds jarring. It’s more common to hear something like, “the writers are arguing among themselves over some unimaginably trivial point of grammar”. But right now, the writers won. The 148-day-long Writers Guild of America strike is over. Now, the hard part begins. The new WGA contract, which will almost […]

Auto workers in Beaverton join nationwide strike

More than 40 workers at the Chrysler Parts Distribution Center joined with 18,000 striking auto worker across the country who are demanding better pay and benefits, among other things.On one of the first drizzly days in Beaverton this fall, Joseph Acosta sat under a pop-up tent in front of the Chrysler Parts Distribution Center. The […]

Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers begin 3-day strike

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington began a three-day strike Wednesday morning, joining about 75,000 other workers on the picket line after a contract deal was not reached Tuesday night. The regional strikes affect Kaiser Permanente facilities at Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Cascade Park Medical Offices in […]

Kaiser Permanente faces twin strikes in Oregon

By Jeff Manning | The Oregonian/OregonLiveAbout 400 pharmacy technicians and other workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon walked off the job Sunday, beginning a 21-day strike. Another 4,000 Kaiser workers in Oregon and southwest Washington are poised to do the same Wednesday morning in a three-day strike that includes 75,000 Kaiser workers across the health […]

Portland Teachers Solidarity Campaign: All Union Action!

Portland teachers are fighting for Safe, Sustainable and EquitableSchools for Every Student. To win this union contract will take all ofus — teachers, parents, students, and community members (especiallyunions, neighborhood associations, faith organizations, businesses, andelected officials.)GET INVOLVED! We are leafletting parents as they drop off/pick up theirkids at schools… Leaflet, petition, door-knock, and canvass businesseswith […]

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Workers are ON Strike!

Frontline healthcare workers have been sounding the alarm about how theKaiser short-staffing crisis is hurting patients and employees acrossthe U.S., but Kaiser executives have refused to listen.Kaiser continues to bargain in bad faith and, so far, there is no lightat the end of the tunnel. More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente HealthcareWorkers including SEIU 49 members […]