Strike

Teachers across Minneapolis are on strike after their demands for better pay, smaller class sizes and mental health resources were not met by the school district.

Deere workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises immediately and end a monthlong strike for more than 10,000 employees

More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers have walked out strike after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators couldn’t deliver a new agreement that would meet the “demands and needs” of workers

The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions.

A major Hollywood strike could be on the horizon for some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry.

Work at all of the Kellogg Company’s U.S. cereal plants came to a halt Tuesday as roughly 1,400 workers went on strike.

The union is calling for a new, three-year basic agreement that would provide behind-the-scenes workers higher pay, larger contributions to health and pension plans, meal breaks, improved rest periods and a bigger cut of the profits from streaming productions.

Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. Susan Carlson reports.

Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. SEIU Local 73, the union that represents technical, clerical and maintenance healthcare workers, said they asked for more protection from COVID-19 and better pay. “UIC continues to drag its feet when it comes to COVID-19…

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a...

Hundreds of students at one Chicago elementary school reportedly called out sick on Thursday, one of the make-up days following October’s Chicago Teachers Union Strike, according to a parent. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford explains.

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to…

Private and public workers in Paris called a general strike Thursday, which shut down most of Paris. They are protesting proposed changes to the country’s retirement system.

After Chicago Public Schools student athletes watched the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike go on for weeks and then having the IHSA strike policy leaving their state playoff dreams up in the air, the Illinois Appellate court said Thursday that CPS runners will be able to take part in Saturday’s meet.

A judge’s ruling allowed CPS runners to participate in sectionals, but now the IHSA is challenging that ruling and trying to keep CPS runners from the state meet. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has more. 

The Illinois High School Association on Monday appealed a judge’s decision allowing Chicago Public Schools student-athletes to take part in cross country meets, according to court records.

In her first sitdown interview since the Chicago Teachers Union strike ended, Mayor Lori Lightfoot talked with NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern about President Trump’s recent criticism of Chicago, her support of Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, the strike and meeting the parents of a young girl shot while trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives her first sit-down interview since the Chicago teachers strike ended. She talked with NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern about President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Chicago, the end of the strike and meeting the 7-year-old girl shot in Little Village on Halloween.

A judge granted an emergency injunction on Friday evening, which allowed Chicago Public Schools cross country student-athletes to automatically advance to sectional races, nearly a week after a separate judge denied their request to compete in a regional tournament.