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Mass. Question 3: Should rideshare drivers be allowed to unionize?
This November, voters in Massachusetts will get to decide whether or not Uber and Lyft drivers should be allowed to unionize. If approved, Question 3 will make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to let rideshare drivers unionize, enabling them to engage in collective bargaining for wages, benefits and work conditions. In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell…
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Mass. Question 3: What to know
Voters in Massachusetts will decide whether or not Uber and Lyft drivers would be allowed to unionize.
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Hundreds of Boston hotel workers on strike indefinitely
Nearly 600 hospitality workers at two Hilton hotels in Boston are on strike indefinitely, creating the potential for the most disruptive action yet in the city as thorny labor contract negotiations continue. Workers are slated to picket 24/7 outside the Hilton Boston Park Plaza and the Hilton Boston Logan Airport, UNITE HERE Local 26 said Sunday as it launched the…
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Hotel workers' strike underway in Boston
lmost 600 hotel workers at the largest Hilton properties in the city began an open-ended strike.
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Dockworkers' union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union and the…
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Dockworkers reach agreement with ports to end strike
An agreement has been made to end the dockworker strike that began earlier this week.
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Businesses relying on ports hope for deal with striking dockworkers
Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty over when the strike will end and the economic impacts...
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Dockworker strike continues to impact ports
Dockworkers and ports still can’t come to an agreement. Major businesses in Massachusetts are starting to hurt, and soon customers could end up paying for the stalemate.
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Boston port workers on strike amid national demonstration
Workers are looking for higher wages and protection from automation.
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Dockworkers go on strike at 36 East and Gulf ports
Dockworkers with the International Longshoremen’s Association began walking the picket lines early Tuesday after the ILA and U.S. Maritime Alliance failed to reach agreement on new contracts.
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Dockworkers' strike shuts down ports on East and Gulf Coasts
The National Retail Federation says for every day a port is shut down, it could take anywhere from 3 to 5 days to recover.
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Dockworkers' strike underway: How port shutdowns could impact you
Dockworkers have gone on strike and were walking the picket line in South Boston Tuesday, mirroring shut downs happening at ports along the East Cost and Gulf Coast. The workers are asking for a raise and to not be replaced by automation in the strike that kicked off at midnight on Tuesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association represents 85,000 dockworkers in…
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Boston hotel workers continue to strike
Union hotel workers are demanding a new contract, spending Thursday on the picket line.
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Largest port on U.S. East Coast, New York/New Jersey, begins prepping for what could be first union strike since 1977
A deadline of Oct. 1 for a new deal between port workers and ownership is approaching, and after talks broke down during the summer, tensions are high.
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Hotel workers in Boston walk off the job in third wave of strikes
The plan is to keep authorizing these 3-day strikes until the union’s demands are met.
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3rd wave of Boston hotel workers go on strike
There are more than a thousand Boston hotel workers on strike as a third wave of employees from four hotels walked off the job Thursday morning in the biggest show of protest so far. The hotel workers — from Omni Parker House, Omni Boston Seaport, Renaissance Boston Seaport, and Westin Boston Seaport — are fighting for a new contract with…
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Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay
Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships.
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Boeing and union reach a labor deal, potentially averting a strike
The four-year deal between Boeing and its Seattle-area workers’ union comes with 25% raises over the four years of the contract.
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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work
Hotel housekeepers have for years waged a fierce battle to restore automatic daily room cleaning that was scaled back at many properties during the coronavirus pandemic.
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JD Vance receives cheers, boos during speech to fire fighters union
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance received a mixture of cheers and boos while speaking at the International Association of Fire Fighters Convention on Thursday.