Strike
Labor Dispute At 14 State-Owned Universities Could Disrupt Education
The vote was overwhelming; 95 percent of faculty at Pennsylvania-owned universities have authorized a strike. But they’re not walking out just yet.
Hostess Products Flying Off The Shelves Locally
Hostess announced Friday it had no choice but to go out of business because of a strike by the bakers’ union. So the company suspended production at its 33 factories and has already filed for bankruptcy protection.
Hostess Brands Going Out Of Business
Hostess Brands Inc. says it’s going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs and other snacks.
Striking Verizon Employees Heading Back To Work
Verizon workers will return to their positions Monday night despite not having a new collective bargaining agreement in place yet.
Verizon Workers Rally At Station Square, March To Downtown
Striking Verizon workers gathered for a rally in front of Sen. Pat Toomey’s office in Station Square and then marched to company’s headquarters downtown.
Tensions Mount As Verizon Strike Continues
Police were called after some Verizon employees in Dormont left work to find their vehicles chained in at a parking lot.
Union Director Explains Reason For Strike At Verizon
KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino talks with Marge Krueger, administrative director with District 2-13 of the Communications Workers of America, about the 45,000 Verizon employees currently on strike due to an impasse in new contract negotiations.
Striking Verizon Workers Rally Downtown
Verizon workers nationwide are on strike, including roughly 12,000 local employees. The walkout began over the weekend after negotiations failed. A large protest was held at 8 a.m. outside of Verizon’s downtown headquarters.
Local Verizon Workers Join Nationwide Strike
More than 12,000 local Verizon workers have joined other union workers in a nationwide strike against Verizon.
Bill Would Ban Teachers Strikes
Director of Internal Organizing for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, Butch Santicola, joined KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino to discuss a potential ban of teacher strikes.
McKees Rocks Company Dealing With Labor Dispute
MCKEES ROCKS (KDKA) – Echoes of political demonstrations in Wisconsin are happening in McKees Rocks. A strike at a local company has union leaders talking about union busting and company owners talking about skyrocketing pension […]
Moon Teachers, Students Ready To Return To Class
MOON (KDKA) – Teachers and students in the Moon Area School District will head back to the classroom Monday morning. On Wednesday, the teachers announced they were ending their three-week strike after district officials agreed […]
Moon Township Teachers Go On Strike
Labor disputes have paralyzed two local school districts. While seniors in Bethel Park are going back to class, even though the teachers are still on strike, teachers in Moon went on strike Monday morning. Moon […]
Bethel Park Parents Express Anger Over Strike
With the Bethel Park teachers’ strike now in its second week, some parents expressed their anger by staging their own protest Wednesday evening. The parents made signs showing support for the Bethel Park school board […]
Campbell Says Make Teachers Strikes Illegal
As Allegheny Valley School District teacher’s complete day one of their strike, comes word from Simon Campbell, the President of Stop Teachers Strikes in Pennsylvania who told Mike Pintek that Pennsylvania lawmakers are enabling teacher […]
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