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4 days ago · Hundreds of Starbucks' baristas walked off the job in 34 U.S. cities on Thursday, escalating a month-long strike as their union tries to push the coffee chain towards its first-ever labor contract.

: a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) Note: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced …

May 16, 2025 · NJ Transit train engineers went on strike early Friday in a dispute over wages, halting all train service and impacting some 350,000 commuters.

May 16, 2025 · NEW JERSEY (WPVI) -- New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to …

May 13, 2025 · The three-day strike started at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, leaving thousands of frustrated — and sometimes surprised — commuters scrambling to find alternate modes of transportation to work.

if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working …

Nov 13, 2025 · Illegal strikes include sit-down strikes, wildcat strikes, and partial strikes (such as slowdowns or sick-ins). Strikes may also be called for purely political reasons (as in the general …

Dec 1, 2025 · Starbucks strike enters week 3. Can you still get a Peppermint Mocha? Starbucks Corps. spokesperson Jaci Anderson said only about 1% of Starbucks locations have been impacted by the …

When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.