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Rail strikes are back with a vengeance. Passengers on Avanti West Coast face months of disruption. Walk-outs began on 31 December and are set to continue until the late May bank holiday weekend ...
A Metrolink train hit a white Toyota Camry at 8 a.m. near the intersection of Rose Hills Road and Capitol Avenue, killing two people inside.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
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Rail companies and unions representing workers have been negotiating since 2019 when the contracts were up for amendment. [ 1 ] In January 2022, BNSF Railway implemented a points attendance system named "Hi Viz" that a union president called, "the worst and most egregious attendance policy ever adopted by any rail carrier."
1953 California construction strike: 1953 Northern and Central California: 60,000 [3] [64] 1956 East & Gulf Coast longshoremen strike: 1956 East & Gulf Coast: 59,000 [28] 1969 UMW coal strike: 1969 56,200 [24] 1976 Rubber workers strike: 1976 nationwide 56,000 [17] 1958 Chrysler strike: 1958 55,000 [14] 1978 Southern California retail clerks ...
Hundreds of trains were cancelled as a result of the strikes. In addition, an overtime ban applies on the previous and following days, Thursday 29 February and Saturday 2 March.