A union representing thousands of transit workers went on strike early Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shutting down buses, subways and trolleys that carry almost a million people daily.
Argentina's capital city was beset by strikes Thursday, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Fehr's quarter century in charge of the players' association was marked by a strike that canceled the World Series, record salaries and eventually 14 years of labor peace.
Marathon talks between Hollywood's largest actors union and producers broke off early Saturday, with the Screen Actors Guild saying it will ask its members to authorize a strike.
The wheels of justice have ground to a halt for thousands of people in Colombia.
A week ago, there was one sector of the battered U.S. economy that was performing particularly well - aerospace manufacturing.
Lufthansa canceled more flights Thursday, including 28 long-haul flights, because of a strike by technical and catering staff now in its fourth day, the airline said.
The annual Vanity Fair Oscar party is the latest casualty of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The magazine has decided to cancel its annual bash on Academy Awards night.
The Writers Guild of America, East met with members of Congress in an attempt to raise awareness about the ongoing strike
If Viggo Mortensen's mother saw his movie Eastern Promises, she saw her son onscreen completely naked and fighting off knives. But will she be able to see him at the Oscars?
A union representing thousands of transit workers went on strike early Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shutting down buses, subways and trolleys that carry almost a million people daily.
Argentina's capital city was beset by strikes Thursday, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Fehr's quarter century in charge of the players' association was marked by a strike that canceled the World Series, record salaries and eventually 14 years of labor peace.
Marathon talks between Hollywood's largest actors union and producers broke off early Saturday, with the Screen Actors Guild saying it will ask its members to authorize a strike.
The wheels of justice have ground to a halt for thousands of people in Colombia.
A week ago, there was one sector of the battered U.S. economy that was performing particularly well - aerospace manufacturing.
Lufthansa canceled more flights Thursday, including 28 long-haul flights, because of a strike by technical and catering staff now in its fourth day, the airline said.
The annual Vanity Fair Oscar party is the latest casualty of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The magazine has decided to cancel its annual bash on Academy Awards night.
The Writers Guild of America, East met with members of Congress in an attempt to raise awareness about the ongoing strike
If Viggo Mortensen's mother saw his movie Eastern Promises, she saw her son onscreen completely naked and fighting off knives. But will she be able to see him at the Oscars?
With an ongoing writers' strike forcing many TV shows into reruns, tube viewers are wondering what they are missing. Some shows are back in production with or without their writers, placing the strike at the forefront of many comedians' routines.
As the Golden Globes became the first awards-show casualty in the Hollywood writers strike, the Critics' Choice Awards fared better Monday – and with no picket lines in sight, that meant an all-star showing, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to George Clooney and Katie Holmes.
Golden Globe-nominated actors and presenters won't attend the televised award show Jan. 13 because of the writers' strike, the Screen Actors Guild announced Friday.
Late-night TV hosts returned to the air Wednesday after a two-month hiatus, showing support for their striking writers, plenty of creative stretch marks -- and at least two scruffy beards
As a snowstorm swept New York City last week, FSB joined members of the Writer's Guild of America East (WGAE) gathered to protest in Times Square, where savvy entrepreneurs took advantage of the striking writers' congregation to get exposure for products aimed at alleviating the miseries of extended stretches in the frozen outdoors.
Writers aren't the only ones sacrificing paychecks to the ongoing strike launched by the Writers Guild of America last month: The work stoppage is also crimping the cash flow of small businesses like History for Hire, Pam Elyea's vintage rental business in North Hollywood, Calif.
Talks ended Tuesday morning between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers without a deal to end the two-week-old labor dispute
Traffic gridlock gripped the French capital Wednesday as President Nicolas Sarkozy's promised labor reforms went head to head with transport and utility unions who have launched an open-ended nationwide strike.
French transport workers went on strike Tuesday evening, marking the second major showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over his plan to reform pensions.
About 500 unionized news writers, employees of CBS News television and radio, could soon join their creative colleagues on the picket line
The United Auto Workers union launched a nationwide strike against General Motors on Monday as 73,000 UAW members walked off the job and hit the picket lines at the nation's largest automaker.
With determination, and plenty of concern, General Motors workers walked off the job Monday in a bid to secure jobs and benefits.
The United Auto Workers decision to call a nationwide strike against General Motors today is already unleashing the usual amount of consternation and hand-wringing.
Members of the United Auto Workers union reported to work at General Motors plants Monday morning as negotiators continue to seek a new labor agreement more than two days after their old contract expired.
Tens of thousands of public sector workers marched Wednesday to government offices across the country, escalating a 12-day-old strike
A small (non-union) firm crafts giant balloons of rats, greedy pigs, and more for parades and picket lines.
Major League Baseball and the Players Association are making progress in quiet, almost daily labor negotiations, and the two sides appear poised to reach agreement on a new deal without the typical work stoppages or even strike threats that have characterized past labor agreements.
Lawyers for Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants union were due to face off in bankruptcy court Friday over whether management at the nation's No. 5 airline can impose a contract rejected by 80 percent of the union's members.
With Barry Bonds bearing down on Babe Ruth's home run mark, it seems every sportswriter and baseball fan is concerned about the sanctity of baseball's records due to Bonds' alleged use of steroids.
The success of Northwest Airlines in keeping its planes flying despite a mechanics' strike could affect millions of unionized workers far from the already battered airline industry, labor experts said Monday.
Pilots at United Parcel Service have authorized a strike, ahead of mediated talks set for the next two weeks.
It's been a momentous offseason for baseball, with these highlights:
Oil hit new record levels Monday, lifted by concerns over expansion of a Norwegian labor dispute that threatened to totally shut down the flow of oil from the world's No. 3 exporter.
A state arbitrator has proposed a settlement of a thorny pay dispute between the city of Boston and its police union, which had raised the specter of picketing at next week's Democratic National Convention.
Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
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The death of Kjeston "Michelle" Rodgers was, by all accounts, an accident. The 40-year-old single mother of three daughters was walking in a dimly lit area outside a General Electric plant in Louis...
The line outside the Shell station on Avenida Lecuna in central Caracas stretches for nearly a mile. Every few minutes the procession of cars and trucks, their hoods shimmering in the tropical heat...
LET'S TRAVEL FORWARD in time a few years. Joe Jones, a union leader at Autoparts R Us Inc., is addressing his fellow members on the company's board of directors. He is wearing a hard hat. After con...
LABOR UNREST, like democracy, is something South Korea will have to learn to live with. Since President Chun Doo Hwan grudgingly agreed to sweeping democratic reforms last summer, labor disputes ha...
LORD KNOWS, it was fun while it lasted. You were one of the elite, an Air Force or Navy flier who moved up the ranks with top-gun swagger. Then you slid into a cockpit for Delta or American, pullin...
The eight-month-old strike at the Geo. A. Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, took a violent new turn. More than 300 demonstrators clashed with police outside the plant; 17 were arrested...
Lee Iacocca had barely blown out the candles on his 61st birthday cake when 70,000 Chrysler workers in the U.S. and 10,000 in Canada went on strike as their contracts expired. Picketers sounded alm...
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