By Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal
A health-care workers union plans a two-day strike starting Tuesday at the University of California’s five medical centers, prompting officials at the nationally renowned hospitals to cancel hundreds of surgeries and chemotherapy treatments.
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system’s medical centers.
By Dan Matics, wchstv.com
Some steel workers said they are in hot water with a local union after they crossed the picket line during a strike a year ago.
By Mark Townsend, Yahoo! Sports
In a big labor battle that has been developing out in San Francisco, concession workers at AT&T Park voted nearly unanimously — 97 percent — on Saturday to give their union the authority to call for a strike.
By Steve Mistler, Portland Press Herald
The union representing state employees has requested a meeting with the LePage administration to discuss plans to prepare for an “inevitable” shutdown of state government.
By Donna J. Miller, The Plain Dealer
The five-member Strongsville school board met at 9 this morning and unanimously approved an agreement to end the eight-week strike by teachers.
By Debbie Palmer, strongsville.patch.com
An anti-strike group called Strongsville Community Action Committee claimed Thursday that the Strongsville teachers’ union is following a national negotiating strategy that seeks to deceive its own members.
By Cory Shaffer, Cleveland.com
The school board has filed new unfair labor practice charges against the teachers union, which has been on strike for eight weeks.
By Rachel Feintzeig, The Wall Street Journal
The company that bought the Twinkie, HoHo and Ding Dong brands out of bankruptcy is gearing up to reopen plants and hire workers, but it won’t be using union labor.
The actor-turned-president Ronald Reagan is remembered by some both for his on-screen presence and his impact on American politics. Too few, however, know of his influence on the politics of Hollywood.