Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:59am
LONDON -- A threat by Britain's largest labor union to disrupt the London Olympics with strikes is "unacceptable and unpatriotic," Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Wednesday.
ROME — Italian financial market jitters worsened on Monday, as workers angry about government austerity reforms went on strike and held nationwide rallies while investors turned skeptical about an EU pact to save the euro.
Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 9:06pm
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 20,000 registered nurses began a one-day strike Thursday at 34 Northern and Central California hospitals in what was one of the largest such labor actions in years.
LOS ANGELES — A union representing workers at three major grocery chains in Southern California distributed picket signs Sunday, as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day notice period required before calling a strike.
TACOMA, Wash. -- Hundreds of Tacoma teachers are picketing Tuesday at Lincoln High School, passing a marquee that reads "School cancelled today."
They appeared uplifted as they sought to carry their momentum from their vote Monday night to strike over a breakdown in contract talks with Tacoma Public Schools.
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan's largest city ground to a halt Tuesday, with most residents staying off the streets after a political party called a strike to protest the deaths of at least 96 people killed in Karachi in the past week.