Strike

Oakland University faculty members are on strike, although students still had to come to class on Thursay, Local 4 reported. Numerous protesters picketed the university...

   A Lincoln Park Checkers was forced to close and a Southfield McDonald's was the site of a strike after workers at both...

Wal-Mart's labor practices have been controversial for years, and on Black Friday many workers protested their low wages, lack of health...

Hostess is closing after a workers strike that began Nov. 9. On Friday the company's CEO issued a statement that the...

A five-day strike at a Detroit wastewater treatment facility is over, according to the union local responsible for the action. AFSCME...

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) Amid reports that workers were crossing the picket lines and returning to work, the Executive Board of AFSCME...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Workers are back on the picket line a day after a judge ordered them to end a strike...

UPDATE: 1:08 p.m.-- U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox issued a temporary strike injunction Monday morning, prohibiting Detroit Water and Sewerage...

  TORONTO (WWJ) - There will not be a strike nor a settlement in the short-term as the Canadian...

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning to the courts to try to put an end to a teachers strike that’s entering its second week and has left parents scrambling to make alternative child care arrangements for at least two more days. SEE ALSO:GOP Activists To Mitt Romney: Why Can’t You Break Away From Obama?[1] The union and school leaders seemed headed toward a resolution at the end of last week, saying they were optimistic students in the nation’s third-largest school district would be back in class by Monday. But teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, saying they needed more time to review a complicated proposal. Emanuel fired back, saying he told city attorneys to seek a court order forcing Chicago Teachers Union members back into the classroom. The strike is the first for the city’s teachers in 25 years and has kept 350,000 students out of class, leaving parents to make other plans. Working Mom Dequita Wade said that when the ...