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• In the end, the WGA scored numerous achievements with the contract deal that ended the strike as of Sept. 27.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• The strike as planned will be the longest in the history of the 75-year-old National Health Service.
  — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 4 Jan. 2024
• The agreement expires on May 1, and WGA members could go out on strike as early as the next day.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2023
• The guild said its leaders may end the strike as soon as Tuesday, once the contract is finalized and sent to members for a vote.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2023
• On Saturn, lightning can strike as much as 10 times per second.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• The Air Force would need a third fewer planes to carry out the same strike as one undertaken today.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2020
• If a contract is not settled by then, the union said its members would go on strike as long as necessary.
  — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• The contract expires at midnight, and the actors union could call a strike as soon as Saturday if no deal is reached.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2023
• And over the past few months, Hollywood was wracked by a rare double strike as writers hit the picket lines in May and actors joined them in July.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The contract expires on Friday, and the leadership has the power to call a strike as soon as Saturday if no agreement is reached.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 June 2023
• The union said some 450 airport workers employed by Areas might strike as early as this weekend.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Some view the strike as an important statement about their way of life, and others say the union has gone too far and is promoting an unwinnable, and to some unjust, fight.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• As the strike entered its fifth day Tuesday with the two sides apparently far apart, the union is threatening to expand the strike as soon as noon this Friday.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
• Railroad companies and their unions are locked in a battle over a new labor contract, and some of the unions are threatening to call a strike as early as Dec. 9.
  — David Harrison and Esther Fung, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Belated efforts by his family to reach out now strike as suspect and tardy.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
• Some Tesla owners describe the strike as a publicity grab and a demonstration of the union’s overreach.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• Stewart said that no guests had declined invitations citing the strike as a reason.
  — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Read more Quick hits Hollywood actors agreed to a 12-day contract extension to avert a strike as talks continue.
  — USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
• The Senate is facing a tight deadline to address the possibility of a costly and looming rail strike as lawmakers close out the week.
  — Byrick Klein, Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022
• Mora Villalpando, of La Resistencia, said at least 100 detainees are on a hunger strike as of Friday.
  — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
• In December, Dahdouh sustained injuries and his cameraman was killed in a drone strike as the pair were covering the aftermath of an airstrike on a school in southern Gaza.
  — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
• Hundreds of Dodger Stadium game-day workers could go on strike as early as next month if the Dodgers do not meet their contract demands by the end of June, the union representing the employees said.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• Bloomberg - The pilot union at American Airlines plans to vote in April on whether to approve a strike as labor agreement negotiations drag on.
  — Amber Burton, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
• In the wake of the WGA deal, many writers have voiced concerns that studios and streamers would use the strike as an opportunity to further cut costs and ratchet back production levels.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Americans often think of a strike as starting with workers walking out and not returning to work until there’s a deal, sometimes weeks or months later.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
• The case, if it isn’t settled, will hinge on whether the events leading up to the strike justify an unfair-practice walkout or whether the unfair-practice charges were simply a pretext to stage a strike as a pressure tactic.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Union leaders took pains to portray the strike as driven by economic concerns, rather than opposition to the president.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• Detroit’s big automakers are running out of time to avert a strike as tense contract talks with the United Auto Workers approach a critical deadline.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• Detroit’s big automakers are running out of time to avert a strike as contract talks with the United Auto Workers remain tense, just one week before the current contract expires.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the initiative might appear hollow to riders who are going on strike as the group campaigns to avoid millions of gig workers from being recognized as employees.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024