LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, December 20, 2024
Top Stories: Starbucks' baristas strike; Ski Patrol negotiations drag on; Joni Ernst warns agencies; NYPD busts Amazon picketers & dozens more articles...
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Starbucks workers' union to go on 5-day strike in US cities as bargaining talks hit impasse
The workers' union representing over 10,000 baristas at Starbucks said its members will strike at stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle for five days starting Friday, citing unresolved issues over wages, staffing and schedules.
Ski patrol union contract negotiations reach agreement on 24th of 27 items, but not pay
The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association and Vail Resorts came to a tentative agreement Wednesday evening on part of their new contract — training — but not the main matter. The union still has not received a counterproposal on wages and benefits, representatives said.
Ernst alleges unions are fast-tracking contracts with telework provisions
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) demanded that the heads of 24 federal agencies immediately cease negotiations with employees regarding telework.
LABOR NOTES: Cops Bust Picket Line as Teamsters Strike Seven Amazon Warehouses
Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers at seven facilities in the metro areas of San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Southern California, and New York City are out on strike today, in what the union says is the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history.
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