Strike

New York City’s largest teachers’ union and City Hall have reached an agreement over a plan to safely reopen schools for part-time in-person learning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. The deal averts a potential strike authorization vote, which could have brought about the city’s first teachers’ strike since 1975. Under the new plan, the start of hybrid learning...

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a...

Private and public workers in Paris called a general strike Thursday, which shut down most of Paris. They are protesting proposed changes to the country’s retirement system.

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to…

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Chicago Public Schools canceled all classes and activities for Thursday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the district’s CEO announced Wednesday morning, in anticipation of the Chicago Teachers Union moving forward with a strike.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Thousands of Mack Trucks union workers in the Lehigh Valley took to the picket line for the first time in 35 years Sunday. The workers are asking for better wages, health care and pensions.

British Airways says it has had to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots’ 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had “no way of predicting how many (pilots) would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly.” As a result, it said it had “no option but to...

Hurricane Dorian is lashing the Bahamas Monday morning.

Denver teachers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of going on strike after more than a year of negotiations over base pay. Rob Gould, lead negotiator for the Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association, said 93 percent of unionized teachers voted in favor of a strike. The union represents 5,635 educators in the Denver Public School system, which could see a strike as...

If a teachers’ strike occurs Monday as anticipated, affected students will be offered free admission to the Los Angeles Zoo, the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and the Petersen Automotive Museum.

Thousands of children in a Montgomery County school district won’t be in class Wednesday as teachers in the Methacton School District continue to walk the picket lines.

The U.S. Navy said two aviators died after an F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed off the coast of Key West on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and their faculty union say they’ve reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that will run through June 2019.

After several days on the picket lines, teachers in the Methacton School District will return to work Friday after reaching an agreement with the school board and ending their strike.

Thousands of children in a Montgomery County school district spent a second day out of school as teachers in the Methacton School District continued to strike Tuesday.

For the second straight day, kids in the Methacton School District will not be heading to school. The teachers are on strike. They will submit their counter-proposal Tuesday. NBC10’s Pamela Osborne has details.

There will be no classes again Tuesday as teachers in the Methacton School District continue to strike. NBC10’s Denise Nakano has the details.