Workers at an aerospace company have voted to go on strike in a dispute over sick pay. The GMB union said 96% of its members at Gardner Aerospace in Consett, County Durham, had voted to take industrial action.

State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in Massachusetts communities and other states across the country.

The strike is affecting Bellevue, Kent, Edmonds, Lynnwood and Renton, as well as unincorporated parts of King and Snohomish counties.

Healthcare assistants across six hospitals have started a two-day walk out in a row over pay. The workers represented by Unison have been locked in a dispute with their employer Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

With his trash can in tow, rigged to a wagon on the back of his motorized wheelchair, Adam Elsbernd said he traveled nearly two miles to toss his trash at 2 a.m. to beat the daytime heat.

Readers share how the ongoing Republic Services trash strike is leaving neighborhoods with overflowing bins, rats, and unanswered questions.

More than half of the pilots at South Africa’s largest airline FlySafair are preparing to go on strike after failing to reach and an agreement on wages, labor union Solidarity said.

Republic Services and the Teamsters have been at a standoff since July 1, when 450 local workers went on strike after the union's contract expired. Teamsters are seeking better wages, benefits and stronger labor protections.

A federal mediator was scheduled to meet with members of the Teamsters Local 25 and the trash company providing garbage services in more than a dozen Bay State cities and towns on Tuesday.

Nurses at a Baltimore hospital are planning to strike on July 24 over concerns about patient care, staffing and high turnover.

In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods earlier this month should serve as a reminder of an often taught but rarely learned lesson in emergency response: Many of the biggest disasters we face occur late at night,

As workers for the waste management company Republic Services continue a strike that began almost two weeks ago, state and local officials are pressuring the company to reach a deal and end the work stoppage.