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• Chicago students will go back to school after teachers' strike

  September 18, 2012 6:47 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Teachers Union president says the city's students will be back in class Wednesday after delegates voted overwhelmingly to suspend a seven-day teachers strike. Karen Lewis spoke during a Tuesday evening news conference after delegates met to consider a tentative contract proposal. The teachers walked out... more »

• Man suspected in shooting on hunger strike

  April 25, 2012 5:01 AM

  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say the man suspected of killing seven people at a California Christian college is on a hunger strike. Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said Monday that One Goh has not eaten since his April 3 arrival at the Santa Rita Jail in... more »

• Barbers on strike in Denver

  March 23, 2012 12:21 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Eight barbers at an Air Force base outside Denver say their private employer wants them to take a cut on their paychecks, so they're on strike. The barbers set up a picket line Thursday outside Buckley Air Force Base. They say Gino Morena Enterprises wants to shave... more »

• Verizon expanding strike

  August 18, 2011 8:15 AM

  MENDHAM, N.J. (AP) - Verizon workers will take their strike to their CEO's New Jersey home Thursday. Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers plan to stage a candlelight vigil outside Lowell McAdam's residence in Mendham. About 45,000 Verizon workers from... more »

• Verizon workers strike

  August 8, 2011 8:26 AM

  A union official says thousands of striking workers are joining picket lines and rallies at Verizon work locations from Massachusetts to Virginia. A Communications Workers of America spokesman Robert Master says about 75 workers showed up at Verizon's headquarters in Manhattan on Monday morning. He says picket lines... more »

• More NFL labor meetings

  June 22, 2011 12:57 PM

  Another meeting is slated for today involving NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the owners' labor committee, and players association chief DeMaurice Smith in Boston. They are also scheduled to get together again tomorrow to further discuss a new collective bargaining proposal. more »

• Colorado union workers authorize strike

  January 31, 2011 7:30 AM

  PEORIA, Ill.-Union members at Caterpillar Inc. facilities in Colorado and three other states have authorized the United Auto Workers to strike if necessary. The UAW says the vote is not a reflection of how negotiations are going, and it expects to reach a deal by the time the current... more »

• Hiker struck by lightning in Rocky Mountain National Park

  August 5, 2010 12:12 PM

  Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park say a man hiking Longs Peak was struck by lightning but has no memory of being hit. The 31-year-old from Minnesota had numerous burn injuries when he was found by hikers on Wednesday. He said he had hiked the mountain the day before... more »

• Climbers hit by lightning in Grand Teton National Park

  July 22, 2010 8:14 AM

  Crews on the ground and in the air resumeed the search at daybreak for a climber missing in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. Rescue teams on Wednesday used helicopters to remove 16 other injured climbers in three climbing parties from the exposed mountain after a thunderstorm and lightning struck... more »

• Talks to resume between Spirit and striking pilots

  June 15, 2010 8:20 AM

  The union representing striking Spirit Airlines pilots says it's accepted an invitation from the National Mediation Board to resume talks today. The meeting in Florida could signaling a potential thaw in the dispute but the union says it won't end the strike until there's an agreement. Pilots say... more »

• Spirit Airlines cancels flights through Tuesday

  June 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  Thousands more air travelers find themselves stranded by the pilots' strike at Spirit Airlines, now in its third day. The discount carrier says on its website that all Spirit Airlines' flights have been canceled through Tuesday, June 15. Spirit pilots walked off the job Saturday amid a more than... more »

• US confident it could intercept an Iranian missile

  April 22, 2010 8:41 AM

  A senior defense official says the U.S. has ruled out a military strike against Iran anytime soon. Senior Pentagon policy adviser Michele Flournoy says the U.S. would rather pursue economic sanctions if Tehran is moving toward building a nuclear weapon. Flournoy says a military strike against Iran would be... more »

• Aspen airport studies bird strike problem

  March 18, 2010 1:42 PM

  The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is assessing wildlife hazards following three collisions between commercial aircraft and small birds last year. A Federal Aviation Administration grant is expected to cover $133,000 of the $140,000 assessment. The airport's assistant aviation director of operations, Francey Jesson, says none of the collisions caused... more »

• Safeway employees accept new labor contract

  February 24, 2010 1:20 PM

  A potential state wide grocery worker strike has been averted after the announcement Wednesday that Safeway employees with the Colorado United Food and Commercial Workers union ratified the chains last, best and final offer. After months of bargaining and heated debates, the super market giant presented employees with the... more »

• American Airlines union seeks first step to strike

  February 17, 2010 12:19 PM

  The union representing ground workers at American Airlines wants to take a big step toward a strike against the nation's second-largest airline. The Transport Workers Union said Wednesday it will ask federal mediators to let the employees walk away from contract talks if there is no deal by March 8.... more »

• 600 unionized Safeway workers to vote on contract

  January 16, 2010 10:10 AM

  Safeway says it has reached a tentative three-year labor agreement covering about 600 workers represented by Teamsters Local 455. The agreement covers Denver distribution center employees, drivers and milk plant employees who are scheduled to vote on the agreement Jan. 24. Safeway's Denver Division President Scott Grimmett said Friday that... more »

• Grocery chains hand down "final" offer

  November 17, 2009 2:27 AM

  Months of negotiating from King Soopers, Safeway and their employees came to a head on Monday night. As promised, the grocery chains handed their employees the last, best and final contract offer. Both the grocery stores and the employees have argued over pensions, pay raises and promotions as the main... more »

• Grocery workers to get final contract offer

  November 16, 2009 2:10 AM

  It looks as if the on-going dispute between Colorado grocery stores and their workers may be coming to a head. On Friday, Kroger, King Sooper's parent company and Safeway informed grocery workers they would offer up their last, best and final contract offer on Monday. "We do not have any... more »

• King Soopers says it could lock out workers

  October 23, 2009 1:04 PM

  King Soopers is warning its employees they could be locked out if workers at Safeway decide to strike. King Soopers told employees Thursday that a lockout would be necessary to protect its business. Workers at both stores are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 but only... more »

• Nurses' union threatens strike over swine flu

  October 20, 2009 12:43 PM

  A nurses' union is threatening a one-day strike at 34 hospitals across California, accusing them of poor swine flu preparedness. California Nurses Association spokesman Chuck Idelson says up to 16,000 registered nurses will strike on Oct. 30 if federal swine flu recommendations aren't written into their contracts. Idelson said Monday... more »

• Safeway, union restarting Colorado contract talks

  October 20, 2009 8:24 AM

  Safeway and unionized Colorado grocery workers are heading back to the bargaining table today in efforts to reach a new long-term contract. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 represents about 17,000 workers at Safeway, King Soopers, City Market and Albertsons whose contracts expired May 9. Employees have been working... more »

• Colorado Springs grocery workers reject contract

  September 25, 2009 8:35 AM

  Unionzed workers at Safeway and King Soopers grocery stores in Colorado Springs have joined Denver-area workers in rejecting final contract offers from the two chains and reauthorizing a strike. Crisanta Duran, the union's associate counsel, said Thursday that members of United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 7 voted against... more »

• Workers start voting on Safeway contract offer

  September 19, 2009 1:18 PM

  Members of a union representing Colorado workers at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains are voting on new contract offers and whether to authorize a strike. Voting started Saturday for Safeway meat warehouse workers in Denver represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Votes... more »

• Colorado grocery workers to vote on contracts, strike

  September 15, 2009 1:57 PM

  Unionized grocery workers in Colorado will start voting Saturday on new contract offers and whether to authorize a strike against the Safeway, King Soopers and City Market chains. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says voting will take place over next two weeks. The union represents about 17,000 workers... more »

• Firefighters continue work on blaze north of Nucla

  September 1, 2009 1:56 PM

  Firefighters in southwest Colorado are still battling a lightning-sparked blaze that's threatening three cabins and an outbuilding. Fire officials say the nearly 2-square-mile wildfire had only moderate burning Monday with weaker than expected winds. The fire is on national forest land about 10 miles north of Nucla, 340 miles southwest... more »