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NYC Schools Delay Opening as Mayor, Union Reach Deal to Avert Teacher 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...
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Work Safety Strikes, Virus Lockdown Protests Planned Across US on May Day
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.
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Trump Doubles Down on Striking Iran Cultural Sites, Issues Warning to Iraq
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...
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Mass Strike Over Pensions Shuts Down Paris
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.
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Paris Police Arrest Scores Amid Strike Over Pension Reform
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…
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Striking Chicago Teachers Union Members Hit the Picket Lines
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.
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CPS Cancels Classes Thursday in Anticipation of Strike
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.
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CTU Will Strike After Officially Rejecting Contract Offer
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.
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Lehigh Valley Mack Trucks Workers Take to the Picket Line
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.
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British Airways Grounds Nearly All Flights as Pilots Strike
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...
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Hurricane Dorian Continues to Strike the Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian is lashing the Bahamas Monday morning.
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Denver Teachers Vote to Go on Strike Over Pay
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...
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LA Zoo, Museums Will Admit Students Free if Teachers Strike
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.
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No School: Thousands Out of Class as Methacton Teachers Go on Strike
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.
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Navy Identifies Aviators Killed in Key West Fighter Jet Crash
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.
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PA State Universities and APSCUF Reach Agreement on a New Tentative Contract
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.
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Methacton Teachers End Strike, Return to Work on Friday
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.
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Thousands of Montgomery County Students Out of Class as Teachers' Strike Stretches Into 2nd Day
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.
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Montco School Strike Enters Day 2
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.
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No Classes Tuesday as Methacton Teacher Strike Continues
There will be no classes again Tuesday as teachers in the Methacton School District continue to strike. NBC10’s Denise Nakano has the details.