labor negotiations

A little over a dozen people pose with signs near a highway. They’re all dressed for cold weather.

Labor union holds rail worker solidarity rally in Sparks

Nick Stewart

Rail workers from across Northern Nevada gathered at a railroad memorial park in Sparks last week to shine a light on a number of issues, including workplace safety and paid sick leave.

Sarah Fotis, assistant bakery manager at the King Soopers in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, on the first day of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local Seven strike. Fotis said she was picketing for people like her cake decorator co-worker Regina, who has been with King Soopers for more than 30 years but low wages combined with family tragedy and illness have prevented her from retiring. "I'm out here fighting for people like that," Fotis said.

Business and Economy

Grocery workers, ski patrollers fuel a growing labor movement in the Mountain West

Robyn Vincent

The King Soopers strike is emblematic of a broader labor movement sweeping the country, and parts of the Mountain West, as workers walk out for better pay and benefits or unionize to harness their collective power.

A group of seven people on strike gather around a banner. Many hold signs reading “On Strike.”

Business and Economy

Reno bus drivers on strike for third time in recent months

Shelby Herbert

Reno bus drivers have returned to the picket line with new terms and a renewed intensity for their third strike in three months.During the most recent…

Politics and Policy

City reverses decision to stop paying law firm

Will Stone

The Reno City Council is rehiring an outside law firm to handle its costly labor negotiations and lawsuits. The decision reverses a previous vote to stop…