Main Topic: Thousands of Los Angeles city employees go on strike over exploitative working conditions and bad faith contract negotiations.
Key Points:
1. City employees accuse their employer of subjecting them to exploitative working conditions and engaging in bad faith contract negotiations.
2. The strike is protesting unfair working conditions, such as staffing shortages and forced overtime.
3. The strike is expected to halt or limit public services, including trash collection, homeless encampment cleanups, animal shelters, public pools, and parking enforcement.
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, representing over 85,000 healthcare workers, plans to vote for a strike due to concerns about unsafe staffing levels and unfair labor practices, potentially leading to the largest strike of healthcare workers in US history.
Workers across industries are taking a hard stance against companies for better pay and working conditions, leading to a surge in strikes and support for organized labor, with more than 320,000 workers participating in at least 230 strikes so far in 2023, according to data from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike for the first time in decades after talks over the planned sale of their company broke down, with concerns over job and business continuity guarantees.
Workers at Los Angeles International Airport's shops and restaurants vote overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over Labor Day weekend, putting pressure on the tourism industry amid ongoing disputes over wages and working conditions.
Workers in the United States are increasingly engaging in strikes and labor unrest, with 16 major strikes occurring in the country so far this year, the highest number since 2005, posing potential challenges for American businesses both domestically and abroad, as demonstrated by the threat of a strike at Chevron's plants in Australia.
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week, demanding big pay raises and the restoration of previous concessions made during financial troubles, which could cause significant disruptions for auto production in the United States.
Thousands of health care workers in Oregon and Washington have voted to endorse a strike against Kaiser Permanente, citing unfair labor practices and inadequate staffing that has resulted in substandard patient care.
The number of workers going on strike in 2023 has increased significantly compared to previous years, with rising income inequality being a major factor driving this trend.
Thousands of healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente threaten to strike if a staffing crisis is not resolved, which could disrupt healthcare services for over 13 million patients.
Kaiser Permanente employees who are members of the Service Employees International Union Local 105 intend to go on a three-day strike if no agreement is reached, making it the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history.
Tens of thousands of unionized health care workers at Kaiser Permanente plan to go on strike starting Wednesday if contract negotiations fail, potentially resulting in the largest US health care strike in history.
A coalition of unions representing over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees is threatening a second strike in November if contract negotiations do not result in sufficient progress, citing outsourcing as a major point of contention.
Los Angeles hotel workers are on strike due to long commutes caused by high housing costs, and the union is proposing a hospitality workforce housing fund to alleviate the problem.
