LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, February 19, 2024
Top Stories: MLS locks out referees; Coors workers strike; Truthout rips Costco on unionization; What will follow Mary Kay Henry? Top non-profit accused of abusing staff & more...
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MLS will open its season this week with lockout, replacement referees
Major League Soccer will kick off its season this week with replacement referees, after unionized match officials rejected a contract offer they said fell "short of expectations." Read more…
Workers at Molson Coors brewery in Fort Worth go on strike
On Sunday they voted to strike and on Saturday morning, members of Teamsters Local 997 hit the picket line outside the Molson Coors brewery in Fort Worth. Read more…
Truthout: Costco Says It’s Not Anti-Union. Unionized Workers Are Putting That to the Test.
Last December, a group of 238 Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia, voted to unionize and join Teamsters Local 822. The local declared the vote “the union’s first organizing victory at the wholesale retailer in two decades.” The voices of the pro-union workers who won this contested election — the vote was 111-92 — were quickly overshadowed, however, by a letter from Costco’s leadership that garnered much attention beyond the shop floor. Read more…
American Prospect: What (Not Who) Will Follow Mary Kay Henry?
The groundbreaking president of SEIU is stepping down, at a time when the possibilities for organizing American workers may be rising. Read more…
‘Staff started breaking down’: top US care non-profit accused of reducing workers to tears
Caring Across Generations, run by key US labor activist, accused of poor management and of retaliation against union organizers. Read more…
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