Strike

Partly because a stronger economy means a stronger bargaining position.

The Service Employees International Union looks to change how unions operate.

Market Basket employees and customers stage an "unprecedented" protest.

The Walmart protests are a far cry from labor movements that organized the country’s major industries.

A mining conference kicks off in Cape Town as platinum workers go on strike.

Fast food workers across the country are walking off the job today. Workers are demanding $15 an hour.

As France is weighed down with economic trouble, a new group of employees from two large hardware store chains is demanding to work more.

If drivers walk off the job, more than 150,000 students could be looking for a ride to school.

A strike by East Coast dockworkers has been put off at least 30 days. These union members are often highly skilled, and they're critical to vital bottlenecks of global trade: ports.

We head into the weekend facing not one, but two possible shocks to the economy. There's the fiscal cliff, of course. And then there's the ports. Unionized longshoremen at 14 ports from Maine to Houston threaten to strike at midnight on Saturday, over a pay dispute.