Strike

Student Strike Enters Second Week At Columbia University

November 12, 2021 People's Dispatch. Resist! Columbia University, Education, Strike, Student Activism

Over 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers have been on strike since November 3. This is the latest in a series of actions by graduate students workers in universities across the US, many of which are extremely wealthy. The Columbia graduate student workers are demanding fair pay and healthcare benefits. The Student Workers of Columbia has been negotiating a contract with the university for more than four years now.

Kellogg’s Workers Still On ‘Str-R-R-Ike!’ In Strikevember

November 12, 2021 Martha Grevatt, Workers World. Resist! Kellogg's, Labor Union, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

Battle Creek, Mich. - Tony the Tiger’s famous line – “Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, they’re “grrr-eat” has been reworked. Lawn signs supporting the strike of 1,400 Kellogg’s workers show an angry Tony with a picket sign saying “Kellogg’s on strrr-ike!” The members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee are now in their second month on strike. On Nov. 4, union negotiators announced they had turned down the company’s latest offer, stating: “The company’s last, best and final offer does not achieve what our members are asking for: a predictable pathway to fully vested, fully benefitted employment for all employees with no concessions.”

Teachers Strike Against A ‘Heartless’ School Board In Biden’s Hometown

November 7, 2021 Barbara Madeloni, Labor Notes. Resist! Pennsylvania, Strike, Teachers, Worker Rights and Jobs

It was a long time coming, but when 400 members of the Scranton Federation of Teachers marched out of the school board meeting Tuesday night singing “Solidarity Forever,” they were strike-ready. The school board had just given the go-ahead to cut off educators’ health insurance if they went on strike. This after dozens of teachers and para-educators had spoken about the devastating cuts that students and teachers have endured over the last four years—cuts to PreK education, to the arts, to music, to libraries. And after educators had told the school board about the medical conditions—cancer, multiple sclerosis—that would go untreated or result in monumental bills without health insurance. In the face of the board’s “callous and heartless” decision, as SFT President Rosemary Boland called it, the union’s 900 members did not back down. Yesterday they hit the picket line.

Kellogg Workers Are Still On Strike In Memphis And Across The Country

November 6, 2021 Jason Kerzinski, Scalawag Magazine. Resist! Kellogg's, Labor Unions, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

As the sun rose in Memphis on October 18, Rodigah Blaylock stood in the brisk air outside the Kellogg plant with her fellow union members, waving signs that read "We Stand Strong" and "Equality For All." Some drivers passing by blew their horns in support. Blaylock and other members of the Local 252-G union have been on this picket line since October 5, when members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) launched a national strike at factories that produce Kellogg's cereals. The company-wide strike also spans factories in Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Battle Creek, Michigan.

University Of Puerto Rico Students Have Declared An Indefinite Strike

November 6, 2021 Stuart Jenkins, Small Cap News. Resist! Education, Puerto Rico, Strike, Student Activism

The first student general assembly 2021-2022 at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) has announced an indefinite strike starting today, while other universities are on strike. The university students, who arrived on stage at the main campus for the UPR, made the decision in light of the academic, administrative, social and economic problems that the campus suffers from.

Alabama Judge Orders Stop To Picketing At Warrior Met Coal

November 5, 2021 William Thornton, AL.com. Educate! Alabama, Strike, Warriors Met Coal Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

A Tuscaloosa County circuit judge has issued a restraining order against picket line activity by the United Mine Workers of America at Warrior Met Coal. Circuit Judge James H. Roberts Jr. issued the order Wednesday afternoon. It prohibits picketing “or other activity” within 300 yards of 12 different locations owned by Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, including mines and offices. The three-page order also prohibits “in any manner interfering with, hindering or obstructing, by threats, intimidation or acts of violence, the conduct and operation of Warrior’s business and supporting activities.” That includes delivery of supplies, workers entering property, lying in front of entrances, or using obstructions.

Strikes At West Virginia Hospital And Metal Production Facility

November 4, 2021 Naomi Spencer, WSWS. Resist! Health Care, Strike, West Virginia, Worker Rights and Jobs

One thousand support staff the Huntington, West Virginia hospital system voted October 21 to authorize a 10-day strike when their current contract expires November 2. The contract covers maintenance and service workers, licensed practical nurses, and other medical support workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital and Saint Mary’s Medical Center organized under the Service Employees International Union. The staff have been under intense strain managing both the COVID-19 pandemic, with West Virginia presently one of the worst states in the country for infections, and the ongoing opioid epidemic, long centered in Huntington. Both of the city’s hospitals saw record COVID-19 hospitalizations in September and ICUs at full capacity.

The Second-Largest Strike In The US Is Happening In New York City

November 4, 2021 Choire Sicha, New York Magazine. Resist! Education, New York City (NYC), Strike, Unions

Last week, Columbia students marched into the classroom of the university’s president, Lee Bollinger. (They like to call him PrezBo.) The class he was teaching at the time? “Freedom of Speech and Press,” according to the Columbia Spectator, which also noted that Bollinger left through the side door. It was another skirmish in a conflict that has pitted the school against a group made up primarily of unionized undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants. On Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., these student workers went on strike. According to an ongoing count kept by labor reporter Jonah Furman, it is the second-largest such action happening in the United States right now, second only to the dramatic John Deere strike.

John Deere Workers Hold The Line And Vote Down Second Contract Offer

November 3, 2021 Tatiana Cozzarelli, Left Voice. Resist! John Deere, Strike, UAW, Worker Rights and Jobs

Striking John Deere employees rejected a second contract offer on Tuesday. After decades of austerity contracts with cuts to pensions, healthcare, and wages, workers at the farm equipment manufacturer — members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) — are standing up and demanding more, just as the t-shirts they’ve been wearing on the picket lines put it: “Deemed essential in 2020. Prove it in 2021.” This strike is proving it. UAW members across Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas voted down the tentative agreement, 55 percent to 45 percent. This is a much closer vote margin than when 90 percent of union members voted down the previous contract offer in early October, which set the stage for the strike that began on October 14.

Nabisco Workers Hope Strike Inspires Others

November 1, 2021 Dan Dimaggio, Labor Notes. Organize! Class Struggle, Nabisco, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

A month-long strike by Nabisco workers beat back the snack-maker’s bid to introduce a two-tier health care plan and switch them onto 12-hour shifts. Employer contributions to workers’ 401(k) plans will be doubled. One of the biggest issues in the strike was the company’s effort to do away with premium pay for weekend shifts and work after eight hours. The company wanted to put all workers on an Alternative Work Schedule consisting of 12-hour days, paid at straight time. “The big issue for me is I just can’t do the 12 hours,” said April Flowers-Lewis, who’s been at the Chicago plant for 27 years. “Because the 12 hours will be 16 hours. And then if you do that and you’re not paying us for our time-and-a-half and double time, that’s like $20,000 from everybody.” Workers are currently scheduled for eight-hour shifts Monday through Friday.

Scranton: Teachers Will Go On Strike

October 30, 2021 Diane Ravitch's Blog. Resist! Education, Pennsylvania, Strike, Teachers

Scranton, Pa.—The Scranton Federation of Teachers, which represents more than 800 teachers and paraprofessionals, announced today that it will set up picket lines and go on strike at 12:01 a.m., Nov. 3. The union has been working under a contract that expired in 2017. “We’ve reached the end of the line and our patience with the Scranton School District. The district has refused to address our concerns about the slash-and-burn budget cuts that are significantly affecting the quality of education,” said Scranton Federation of Teachers President Rosemary Boland. “Strikes are always the last resort. We held off for many months, hoping, in vain, we could agree on conditions that are good for kids and provide decency, fairness, respect and trust for our educators.”

Judge Sides With John Deere Strikers In Case Over Tactics

October 27, 2021 Lexi Lonas, The Hill. Educate! John Deere, Strike, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Iowa - A judge has sided with striking John Deere employees in a case over whether their protesting tactics were permissible at a site in Des Moines. District Court Judge Paul Scott ruled on Tuesday to deny Deer & Co.’s request for an injunction that would limit the United Auto Workers (UAW) members' labor action against the company, The Des Moines Register reported. Scott said the company was unable to prove the protesters were engaging in unlawful activity despite the videos it presented. “The video evidence ... shows vehicles have been slowed down by picketers in crosswalks; it fails to prove illegal conduct has occurred," Scott wrote in his opinion. "Deere presumably has accumulated hours of video evidence at picket lines, possibly for the entirety of the Union’s demonstrations at these gates, and the videos are void of illegal conduct on the part of the Union.”

Striking Kellogg Workers Describe The Issues In Their Fight

October 25, 2021 George Kirby, WSWS. Resist! Kellogg's, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

Now in their third week on strike, Kellogg workers at four facilities in the US are demanding wage increases that keep up with inflation, an end to brutal work schedules that keep them on the job for weeks at a time, and an end to the hated two-tier wage structure. Striking workers at the Kellogg facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan spoke to the World Socialist Web Site describing the conditions they face. A legacy worker spoke on the impact of the pandemic. “A quarter of the workers here had COVID. We got pieces of paper being told to carry it in case the police pull you over. It said, ‘essential worker.’ Now we’re nothing again! You swallow your $11.6 million and we’re garbage again. We only had two $500 bonus checks before taxes.”

Shocking Death On Set Shows What’s At Stake In IATSE Contract Fight

October 23, 2021 Sarah Hughes, Labor Notes. Resist! IATSE, Media, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

The union representing 60,000 film and television crew workers reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood producers October 16. The deal averted a first-ever national strike by the Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), which was set to begin the next night—at least for the time being. The contracts will be voted on in the next several weeks. Matthew Loeb, IATSE president since 2008, hailed the agreement as “historic.” But though Loeb calls the agreement a “Hollywood ending,” for the tens of thousands of members who voted to authorize a strike, the credits aren’t rolling yet. Initial responses on social media seem mixed at best, and many members are publicly calling on their colleagues to vote no.

After Strike, Carpenters Approve New Contract By Slim Margin

October 20, 2021 Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. Resist! Carpenters, Strike, Washington State, Worker Rights and Jobs

Going into the vote on a controversial fifth tentative agreement, the mood among Washington carpenters who had organized for a “no” vote was uncertain. “It was so close last time, it’s hard to say what will happen,” said Tom Nolan hours before the vote tally was announced. “A toss-up,” said Nina Wurz. “It’s going to be a ‘no.’ But, unfortunately, I could be surprised. Being out of work has hurt a lot of people,” said Alejandro Lucero. If one thing is clear about the first Northwest Carpenters strike since 2007, it’s that nothing was clear from the moment it started. That includes the number of people on strike, since many job sites were excluded under Project Labor Agreements and other similar agreements. Estimates by the union ranged from thousands to hundreds back to thousands again.

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