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Unionized Starbucks workers go on strike at dozens of stores across the U.S.
NBC News· 2025-11-14 02:19
More than a thousand unionized Starbucks workers are now on strike. The walkouts happening at 65 stores today, a small fraction of the 10,000 Starbucks nationwide. They're intended to disrupt the coffee chain's annual Red Cup Day, which is usually one of its busiest days of the year.Workers say they want higher pay and better hours. Organizers warning more stores are prepared to join the strike if Starbucks doesn't reach a deal with the. ...
Travel disrupted as Air Canada flight attendant strike continues
NBC News· 2025-08-19 02:48
as chants ring out from striking Air Canada flight attendants for a third straight day. Canada's prime minister urging a resolution to this historic strike that's thrown the country's air travel system into turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians and visitors to our country are being disrupted uh by this action.I urge both parties uh to resolve this uh as quickly as possible. More than 10,000 cabin crew walking off the job on Saturday, emptying airport terminals and leaving hundreds of thousands of trav ...
Philadelphia city workers strike, halting key services
NBC News· 2025-07-02 00:30
We are union. We are the union. City services in Philadelphia grinding to a halt.With the city's largest municipal workers union on strike, its 9,000 members include everyone from 911 operators to sanitation workers. With trash collection stopped, concerns that garbage will start to pile up on city streets. But union members say it sends a clear message.If this is what we have to do to get our point across to let the mayor know that we're not playing, by all means, let the trash pile up. The strike beginnin ...