Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice.

Contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers were set to resume Tuesday as a strike by more than 49,000 employees extended into a second day.

School leaders and teachers in Oakland, California, have reached a tentative deal to end a week-long strike.    

Google employees around the world walked off the job Thursday in a protest against what they said is the tech company's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. 

A nationwide walkout was held Monday morning in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. A local walkout happened at the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building in Reno.  

Students from Florida to Chicago started streaming out of their schools Friday in the latest round of gun-control activism following the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.  

Students at more than 3,000 schools nationwide are expected to walk out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence.  

The Washoe County School District and the University of Nevada, Reno have both released statements regarding proposed walkout events scheduled to happen Wednesday.