LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Top Stories: Kroger faces a strike in Portland; Brown RAs to strike on Move-In Day; The Teamsters are on a winning streak & 58 more articles below the fold...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
Here are today’s Top Stories…
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Kroger faces labor strike in Portland as it defends Albertsons merger in court
Just as Kroger seeks to convince a federal judge that its proposed $25 billion takeover of rival Albertsons is good for its workers and shoppers, the local union called for a week-long strike and accused it of violating its contract.
Unionized Student RAs at Brown University Vote to Authorize Strike - on Move-In Day
Unionized "Community Coordinators" at Brown University in Providence — a job comparable to Resident Assistants (RAs) at other colleges — have announced they have authorized an "Unfair Labor Practice" strike.
Supermarket News: Amazon, Kroger, and UNFI workers join Teamsters
UNFI warehouse workers in Illinois and Kroger truck drivers in Georgia have voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, less than a week after the National Labor Relations Board ordered Amazon to recognize Teamster drivers in California.
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