Sarah Hughes

This fall, workers at hundreds of CVS stores in California announced a rolling wave of strikes that seemed to take management by surprise. Eight United Food and Commercial Workers locals bargaining together in California subsequently ratified a new contract in November with CVS, one of the largest health care retail conglomerates in the country. The units cover 7,000 workers, including pharmacists, pharmacy techs, store associates, and inventory staff. The tentative agreement came shortly after seven stores in Los Angeles and Orange County struck for three days in October.

Fifteen thousand New York nurses are more than three weeks into their strike for a fairer contract. Yesterday members of the New York State Nurses Association braved below-freezing temperatures to march across the Brooklyn Bridge and deliver a message to City Hall.