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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Savonnda Blaylock, a pharmacy technician in northern California, has worked for health care giant Kaiser Permanente for 22 years and she’s never been on strike. That could change on Wednesday when she becomes one of 75,000 workers who participate in the nation’s largest health care strike in

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which has workers at hundreds of

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — It seems like everyone is hitting the picket lines these days. And this past week, for the first time ever, that included a sitting president of the United States. President Joe Biden’s unprecedented visit to the United Auto Workers picket line on Tuesday only brought more attention

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday. The decision is the latest in a series of NLRB rulings finding that Starbucks has violated labor law in its

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Torrential rain affecting most of New York City is having an effect on area air travel. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for New York’s LaGuardia airport, holding departing flights because of flooding and heavy rain. As of 12:30 pm ET, there are about

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans are taking notice of a possible government shutdown and the uncertainty of ongoing labor strikes, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey. The university’s Consumer Sentiment Index edged lower by 1.4 points in September, according to a final reading. That means US consumers

CNN By Matt Egan New York (CNN Business) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will warn Congress in a speech later Friday morning that a government shutdown would be “dangerous and unnecessary” because it would undermine the American economy and disrupt key government functions. The comments, shared first with CNN, represent the strongest warning to date

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to one additional assembly plant each at Ford and General Motors, but said progress in talks at Stellantis was keeping the union from expanding picket lines there. UAW President Shawn Fain said the new facilities that will go

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Higher gas prices heated up overall inflation last month, but the Federal Reserve got some welcome news: Its preferred inflation gauge cooled to its lowest level in two years. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures index, a closely watched inflation measure that excludes gas and food prices, rose 3.9%

By Claudia Colliva and Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — French billionaire and LVMH owner Bernand Arnault is being investigated over his financial dealings with a Russian businessman, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN Friday. According to the prosecutor’s office, a preliminary probe is underway following a report by TRACFIN, a French government anti-money laundering