Category: Strikes

Flight attendant strike

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Nov 17, 2004 | Strikes

Is this really such a good idea? Don’t forget the pilot’s sickout a few years back – that ended very badly (nearly bankrupted the union) and turned the public completely against the union. Oh, and your...

Nation’s longest nurses strike hits 2nd anniversary

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Nov 15, 2004 | Strikes

Here is a roundup of news stories on the nurses strike in Petoskey, MI, which sadly reached its second anniversary on Sunday. Some stories here, here, here and here. I do some work for a couple of health care providers up in...

Comment on the SF Hotel strike

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 27, 2004 | Strikes

The mayor of San Francisco is encouraging a boycott of the group of 14 hotels locking out their workers in a labor dispute with UNITE HERE. Nathan over at labor blog calls the lockout “public relations suicide” and...