SEIU and the U of I have reached a tentative agreement. After 8 days of striking, they are back on the job. The walkout left campus with extra trash and students without many options for on campus dining.

SEIU 721 said it was putting a strike previously scheduled for Oct. 10 on hold after a "productive meeting" with county leaders.

Thousands of dockworkers returned to work Friday, the day after a longshoremen's union reached a preliminary deal with shippers, ending a three-day strike weeks before the US presidential election.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), an association of companies that operate East and Gulf Coast ports, reached a tentative agreement Thursday to end a two-day strike.

T he International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), the union representing some 45,000 striking dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf ports, suspended its three-day w

Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on.