LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, March 8, 2024
Top Stories: Dartmouth unionization may spur on more players; Campbell's wants to delay bargaining; Kroger reaches agreement with UFCW; REI union protests REI HQ; Biden's IC rule backlash & more...
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Dartmouth Players’ Vote Poised to Spark Ivy League Union Wave
The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team’s historic vote to unionize this week has the potential to be a tipping point in college athletics after years of upheaval over players’ pay and working conditions. Read more…
Campbell Soup seeks delay in contract negotiations
Officials at the Campbell Soup Company in Camden, N.J have asked representatives of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 540, which represents the union employees at the Paris Campbell plant, for an extension in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, a spokesman for the corporate office said in an email to The Paris News. Read more…
Union reaches tentative contract at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
Bargainers for a union representing workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain on a contract Thursday. Read more…
Unionized REI workers picket in front of company headquarters after lack of progress in negotiations
Multiple stores have voted to unionize but they have been waiting for months to negotiate contracts with the company, according to unions representing REI workers. Read more…
Biden admin's gig worker rule facing growing pushback
The Biden administration is facing mounting pushback over a new Department of Labor rule set to go into effect Monday that would re-classify millions of gig workers as employees. Read more…
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