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Union workers who maintain PECO's electric and natural gas lines and serve customers in the Philadelphia region are on strike. IBEW Local 614 and PECO failed to reach an agreement on a new contract by ...

After a breakdown in negotiations over pay raises and staff safety, nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital go on strike. (undefined, John Tlumacki) After staging the largest strike of nurses in the ...

It appears that a Long Island Rail Road strike that could have begun as early as Thursday morning will be delayed, potentially for months. The LIRR Bargaining Coalition on Monday announced that its ...

Nearly 15,000 nurses at three of New York City’s largest hospital systems went on strike Monday morning after contract negotiations failed to produce an agreement. The New York State Nurses ...

Thousands lost power after weekend storms while PECO and its union remains at the bargaining table. The storms on Saturday and Sunday knocked out power to thousands of customers across the region.

PECO customer service representatives on the picket line outside company headquarters on Market Street in Philadelphia, July 4, 2026. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

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The union representing PECO workers has officially gone on strike. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. on July 4 after PECO and IBEW Local 614 were unable to come to an agreement during their months-long ...

PECO and its unionized workers reached a tentative, five-year contract agreement Monday night, ending the first strike in the utility's 145-year history. About 1,600 members of the International ...