LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Top Stories: Guitar Center workers get CBA; Boeing workers are on verge of striking; First Student explains rejection of IBT pension; Costco drivers authorize a strike & 65 more articles...
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RWDSU: Guitar Center Workers Ratify New Agreement Maintaining Commission Structure
RWDSU members at six Guitar Center locations recently ratified a new three-year agreement.
Jacobin: Boeing Workers Are on the Verge of Striking
The Boeing contract for over 32,000 workers in Washington and Oregon expires next month, and workers have voted to sanction a strike. Their complaints include low pay, frozen pensions, and mismanagement that has resulted in deadly disasters for the company.
Press Release: First Student to Ensure Teamsters in New Hampshire Act in Best Interests of Employees
As school begins to resume this week in New Hampshire, First Student remains committed to reaching a new contract agreement with Teamsters Local 633, the union that represents drivers at locations in Derry, Nashua, North Hampton, Plaistow, Rochester and Swanzey. The company wants to provide employees with enhanced benefits that are truly in their best interests and not in the best interests of the union.
Newly-Organized Teamsters Local 174 Costco Fleet Drivers Vote to Authorize a Strike
For the first time ever, a group of 150 Costco fleet drivers voted in April to become members of Teamsters Local 174. Costco was given a deadline to reach a deal: 90 days to a first contract, or the group will have no choice but to walk off the job.
Chipotle denied raises to unionized workers, US labor agency says
U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that a union's claims that Chipotle Mexican Grill illegally refused to give raises to workers at a Michigan restaurant after they became the first and only employees of the fast-casual chain to unionize have merit.
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