Boeing workers going on strike after 96% vote for walkout
Workers at Boeing's US West Coast factories are set to walk out after 96% of workers voted on Thursday to strike, halting production of the planemaker's best-selling jetliner as it struggles with chronic production delays and mounting debt. The workers' first strike since 2008 is scheduled to begin at midnight Pacific time on Friday. This […]
Putin threatens NATO amid reports of long-range weapons being allowed to strike inside Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed NATO is escalating a direct war with Russia as the United States and Britain hold talks to allow Ukraine to use NATO-supplied weapons to attack targets in Russia. “This will significantly change the nature of the conflict,” Putin said. said “It means that NATO countries, the United States and […]
Biden admin faces mounting pressure to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles
President Biden has faced growing pressure to lift a ban on Ukraine using U.S. weapons to strike deep into Russia, and on Tuesday appeared to acknowledge that his administration is moving in that direction. Asked by reporters whether Ukraine would allow the Long-Range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to target facilities inside Russia, he said: […]
Six Unrwa workers among estimated 14 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced | Israel-Gaza war
An Israeli airstrike on a school in central Gaza that was being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians killed 14 people, the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip's civil defense agency said, including six of its staff, according to a United Nations report. The UN's aid agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said the attack was the highest […]
Khan Younis safe zone strike: 40 killed in Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi, Gaza officials say | Israel-Gaza war
Gaza officials said at least 40 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike early Tuesday on a tent village designated as a humanitarian area in Khan Yunis. The Israeli military said it was an attack on a Hamas headquarters. Gaza's civil defence told AFP and the BBC that 40 people were killed in the attack […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy reshuffle begins, Ukrainians reel from Poltava strike | Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky's government reshuffle begins Several Ukrainian ministers resigned on Tuesday. The presidential aides were fired before their replacements were expected. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk wrote online: “After almost three years in power, [I submitted my] Today, I am announcing my resignation. I thank the President for his trust. I […]
Boing faces a strike of about 32,000 workers
Bank of America senior aerospace analyst Ron Epstein shared his thoughts on the current state of aerospace giant Boeing as the company names a new CEO. Aerospace giant Boeing The company faces a new challenge: a strike by 32,000 workers that could begin this month if the company and the union cannot reach an agreement. […]
Russian Missile Strike on University, Hospital Kills 47 in Ukraine
A ballistic missile struck a Ukrainian military academy and a nearby hospital, in one of the deadliest single attacks by Russian forces on a Ukrainian city since the invasion resumed two and a half years ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the nation on Tuesday, saying that Poltava Military University of Communications' teaching facilities and […]
Israel Faces General Strike After Hamas Murders 6 Hostages
Israel will face a general strike on Monday as the national trade union federation Histadrut calls on workers to stay home and protest against the hostage trade following Hamas' cold-blooded killing of six hostages last week. The coalition says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government must immediately agree to the return of the roughly 100 […]
10,000 hotel workers go on strike
Thousands of hotel workers are striking across eight cities ahead of Labor Day, demanding higher wages and fair staffing and workloads. UNITE HERE, the union representing hotel workers, announced that about 10,000 workers at 24 hotels in Boston, Greenwich, Honolulu, Kauai, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle will go on strike starting Sunday. […]