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Jul 16, 2025 · Milwaukee County Transit System bus drivers and mechanics approved a strike. Negotiations continued, and they will vote on a contract offer Friday.

Jul 1, 2025 · Frustrated with dwindling income, Uber and Lyft drivers at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport went on strike against the two companies last Thursday. Though the strike was dispersed by …

: a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) Note: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced …

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to …

if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working …

When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.

Dec 18, 2025 · Illegal strikes include sit-down strikes, wildcat strikes, and partial strikes (such as slowdowns or sick-ins). Strikes may also be called for purely political reasons (as in the general …

Dec 27, 2025 · The players are striking in-season for the first time in the 38-year-old league's history. Here's why as explained by Blades union rep Logan Lambdin.

Jun 11, 2024 · President and Business Manager of Local 139 Terry McGowan said around 800 workers are on strike. They all operate heavy equipment like cranes and without them, other workers are …