Firefighters to vote on strikes after rejecting pay offer

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Charlotte airport workers voting on whether to strike during busy Thanksgiving travel week

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2 months ago

After months of buildup, news outlets finally have the chance to report on election results

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2 months, 1 week ago

Union chief warns of more strikes if Government does not invest in nurses

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

CVS workers reach tentative contract agreement after weekend strike

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Montana GOP Senate Suggested Wildland Firefighters Let Fires Burn In Order To Earn Overtime Pay

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Tim Sheehy, an ex-Navy SEAL and pro-Donald Trump conservative, is running against incumbent Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester. Tim Sheehy for Montana Montana GOP Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy, who made his fortune as the founder and CEO of an aerial firefighting company that has relied largely on lucrative federal contracts, has repeatedly accused wildland firefighters of dragging their feet to …

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4 months ago

Troubled Boeing seeks to avoid fresh nightmare with 25% raises amid strike threat

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4 months, 1 week ago

Council workers face industrial action ballot after pay offer rejected

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Unions to vote for public sector ‘pay restoration’ as new wave of strikes looms

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Union suspends planned bin strikes so members can vote on new pay offer

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Governor says he won’t support a bill that could lead to $3M in assistance to striking workers

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he doesn’t support a vague bill passed in the final minutes of the legislative session that creates a $3 million fund that could financially benefit striking union workers, signaling he would will likely veto it. “Everything I know about it, I’m not going to support it,” he told reporters during a …

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8 months ago

Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute

Associated Press

Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on wages. “We have now locked out members of the bargaining unit and fully implemented our contingency plan with highly qualified firefighters performing …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Airport firefighters strike cancelled as union and Airservices Australia reach agreement

ABC

In short: Aviation firefighters have called off their planned strike action after coming to an agreement with their employer. Earlier this month, UFUA said it had obtained leaked documents from Airservices Australia showing an "extreme risk" at 13 airports, and "high risk" at 14 others. Speaking to ABC radio, the union's aviation branch secretary Wes Garrett said the leaked …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Airport firefighters set to strike nationally, threatening school holiday travel plans

ABC

In short: United Firefighters Union of Australia's aviation firefighters are planning a 4-hour work stoppage beginning at 6am on April 15. United Firefighters Union Australia says it has leaked documents from employer Airservices Australia showing an "extreme risk" at 13 airports, and "high risk" at 14 others. "These leaked documents confirm that Australia's air travellers face a dire risk every …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Firefighters injured in Grenfell Tower inferno settle High Court claims for £20m

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Unions warn of escalating action as thousands strike across Northern Ireland

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1 year, 1 month ago

DVSA ‘disappointed’ as workers balloted for strike action

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ramaswamy plans to ‘instantly’ fire half of federal workers at random

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1 year, 3 months ago

Whitehall staff to launch five-day strike

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1 year, 3 months ago

Federal firefighters will quit in droves if Congress doesn’t take action, union warns

LA Times

A wildland firefighter manages a backfire — a fire intentionally set to burn off vegetation — during the Mosquito fire in Placer County in September 2022. “If we lose our wildland firefighters, we’re going to lose our natural resources, we’re going to lose cities and towns and we’re going to lose lives,” Alonzo said. “It’s a crisis we need to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Tim Scott hit with complaint after telling auto workers ‘you’re fired’

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1 year, 3 months ago

Striking NHS medics WON'T be offered any more cash, officials confirm - as health leader warns walkouts will swallow £200million for protecting against winter crisis

Daily Mail

Striking NHS medics won't be offered any more cash, the Health Secretary confirmed today. Steve Barclay today insisted that there would be no more talks about pay with the British Medical Association — the union coordinating the action in England Junior doctors and consultants will stage fresh walkouts next week in their ongoing row with the Government over pay. It …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Fresh strikes by university staff announced in long running pay dispute

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1 year, 4 months ago

Waitrose to offer police free coffee and discounted food to deter shoplifting

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1 year, 5 months ago

Fetterman bill would ensure striking workers can receive federal food aid

Raw Story

As multiple work stoppages continued across the United States, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania on Thursday introduced legislation that would enable striking workers to qualify for federal food aid. Called the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023, Fetterman's bill would amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers aren't excluded from receiving Supplemental Nutrition …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Thirst strike at US Capitol to call for national heat protections after Texas plans to ban water breaks for workers

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1 year, 5 months ago

UK government offers millions of public sector workers pay hikes to end strikes

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises Thursday in a bid to end an array of strikes that have crippled trains, health care and other services for more than a year amid the biggest cost-of-living crisis in generations. On the day that tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service launched a …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Sunak and Hunt meeting to finalise public sector pay deals

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1 year, 5 months ago

US firefighters raise concerns over looming pay cut

Al Jazeera

With wildfire season under way in the United States, the federal government is facing a potential exodus of wildland firefighters over a major pay cut that could go into effect in a few months. Biden took steps in 2021 to raise the minimum wage for federal wildland firefighters to $15 per hour after criticising the $13 per hour rate some …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Comedian and ex-doctor Adam Kay urges striking medics not to give up

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1 year, 6 months ago

DVLA workers to launch two weeks of strike action

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1 year, 8 months ago

Senior civil servants to be balloted for strikes in dispute over pay

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1 year, 8 months ago

JobCentre workers to stage fresh strike in pay row

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1 year, 9 months ago

DVLA workers to strike in ongoing civil service dispute

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1 year, 9 months ago

Safety warning as lighthouse workers balloted on strike action

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1 year, 9 months ago

More than 130,000 civil servants to strike next month in pay row

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1 year, 9 months ago

Unions should not comply with new minimum service laws, says FBU chief

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1 year, 9 months ago

Lawsuit: Officials ‘mocked’ Nevada prison-firefighter burns

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — A group of prison firefighters said their feet burned and their socks melded to their feet during a gruesome fire clean-up assignment that left several unable to walk, stand or shower without assistance for days, according to a new lawsuit. It seeks at least $700,000 in damages for seven plaintiffs in Nevada, several changes in training …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Labor unions’ objections delay California investigation into wage theft system

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1 year, 10 months ago

Nurses announce new strike action - is your area affected?

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1 year, 11 months ago

100,000 civil servants to strike on Budget Day in pay dispute

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1 year, 11 months ago

‘One paycheque away from homelessness’ – stories from picket lines on strike day

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1 year, 11 months ago

Discussions over special measures as NI firefighters vote for strike action

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