rail strike

Why rail workers need paid sick days

On Dec. 1, 2022, congressional Democrats and Republicans came together in a bipartisan effort to shut down the railroad workers’…

December 22, 2022

Potential railroad strike could ‘shut it down’

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, once a building trades union leader, has threatened the 12 unions that represent freight…

November 7, 2022

Britain: Rail strikes challenge inflation and job cuts

British railway workers demanding wage increases to keep pace with decades-high inflation have spearheaded a wave of industrial job actions…

October 14, 2022

Railroad contracts: Biden, Walsh thwart use of strike weapon

As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered…

September 23, 2022

Strategy changes for strike on French railroads

Paris, France — The "reformist" (CFDT) and right-wing (UNSA) union federations officially exited the struggle against the management of the…

July 5, 2018

Rail workers’ strike in France impacts big business

The French railroad strike currently on two days out of five — two days strike followed by three days working,…

April 15, 2018

German rail workers strike

The German train drivers’ union, the GDL, struck the German railroad company Deutsche Bahn on Nov. 6 for the third…

November 16, 2014

The great train robbery: Swedish railroad strike against Veolia escalates

Stockholm, Sweden -- A train strike in southern Sweden has evolved into a major battle about worsening working conditions in…

June 17, 2014

The great railroad strike of 1922

Ninety-one years ago railroad workers employed in shops and roundhouses revolted against a 12 percent wage cut. Nearly 400,000 workers…

February 27, 2014

Longest railroad strike in south Korea ends, struggle continues

Thousands of south Korean railroad workers ended their strike Dec. 30 after three weeks of intense struggle against the right-wing,…

January 10, 2014