Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Free Due to Strike by Workers
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The busiest travel weekend of the year is upon us and there will be no tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It&#39;s not some good will gesture on the part of the state, it&#39;s due to a strike called by toll collectors.
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The Teamsters union said it had reached a tentative contract deal with the Canadian Pacific Railway and a strike by 3,200 maintenance workers in Canada should end soon. No details of the proposed three-year contract are being released before a ratification vote. The workers have been off the job since May 15. After months of negotiations, the two sides stopped talking when the strike began. Maintenance employees have been without a contract since December.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- Thousands of cocktail waitresses, housekeepers, bellhops and other workers returned to their jobs today, ending a monthlong strike that hit them in the pocketbook and cost this gambling town visitors.
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NEW DELHI: The truckers strike was called off early on Saturday morning following a settlement reached with the government. The settlement was arrived at after a marathon meeting lasting over nine hours where
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With smooth holiday travel along its 531 miles of road, the Pennsylvania Turnpike will continue to cycle temporary workers and managers
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Pennsylvania Turnpike managers began collecting tolls early Thanksgiving Day as the first strike in the turnpike's 64-year history entered its second day.
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Demanding full labor rights, unionized public workers went on a general strike for the first time in the nationâs history on Monday.
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At a meeting today in Pittsburgh, board members of the United States&#39; largest flight attendants union voted unanimously to authorize a nationwide strike and criticized the airline industry for using the bankruptcy process to wipe out union contracts.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike officials have decided not to waive tolls on Sunday as a way to cope with a strike that has continued over the holiday weekend.
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PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Turnpike officials reported no significant backups at toll plazas on Sunday, one of the busiest travel days of the year, despite the absence of hundreds of unionized toll collectors who have been on strike since Wednesday.
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Some drivers of New York's yellow taxis went on strike on Wednesday over plans to install a satellite tracking system and credit card payment machines that strikers say will be costly and invade their privacy.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission lost about $2 million in revenue Wednesday as thousands of holiday travelers zipped through the toll booths for free.
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Business & money: Royal Mail management will talk to union leaders on Wednesday in a bid to avert the first national postal strike for a decade. By Mark Milner.
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Eurostar operations were unaffected Saturday by a 24-hour strike over pay by members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, a company spokesman said.
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PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Turnpike officials hired about 30 temporary workers to help staff toll booths and relieve managers working 12-hour shifts as a strike entered its fourth day Saturday.
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Pennsylvania workers hurt on the job or laid-off will receive small increases in unemployment benefits next year, according to the state Labor and Industry Department.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike managers and temporary workers held out their hands again yesterday to collect tolls from shoppers, football fans and end-of-Thankgiving weekend