by Ronnie Estoque
Last Friday afternoon, Aug. 11, workers from the Westfield Southcenter Macy’s held a picket demanding an increase in wages and security as ongoing contract negotiations that began in late February have stalled. UFCW 3000 member Azia Domingo has worked at Macy’s for two decades and serves on the bargaining team.
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(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
On July 25, the Teamsters union announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with UPS over pay and conditions, just a week before 340,000 workers were poised to go on strike in what would have been the largest single-employer work stoppage in United States history.
The announcement followed months of tense negotiations and more than a year of preparation by the union. For weeks, UPS workers held practice pickets to show the shipping company they would not back down.
Continue reading Teamsters Union Reaches ‘Historic’ Agreement With UPS, Faces Criticism From Rank-and-Fileby Elizabeth Turnbull
The 300-plus ready-mix concrete and dump drivers and support staff on strike since last December offered an unconditional return to work Monday, April 11, though negotiations for a new contract will continue, according to a Friday, April 8, announcement from Teamsters Local 174.
The return to work was offered as a way to break a logjam of construction projects across the Puget Sound region including the West Seattle Bridge repair project and the Federal Way Link light rail extension project.
“For months, the concrete companies have used their control over Seattle’s concrete industry to drag out negotiations, and it has been devastating for our community and for our sisters and brothers in the Building Trades,” said Teamsters Local 174 secretary-treasurer, Rick Hicks.
Hicks said returning to work was a gracious offer by the union on behalf of the people of Seattle and that the companies should “start negotiating in good faith and stop stonewalling negotiations, as they have for months.” The Teamsters said they put forth nine different proposals that were rejected.
Last updated on 04/11/2022.
On Tuesday, April 5, truck drivers began to once again deliver loads of concrete to the West Seattle Bridge after repairs were paused due to a union strike.
Since late last year, concrete workers and members of the Teamsters Union began a strike in King County to advocate for a contract that would meet their goals regarding pensions and medical coverage.
Continue reading Concrete Deliveries Resume to West Seattle Bridge as Worker Strike Continuesby Tushar Khurana
For months, the news has been brimming with stories of the so-called “supply chain crisis” — the disruption of shipping and manufacturing that has stranded cargo carriers and logjammed containers at ports around the world, resulting in PPE shortages, empty grocery shelves, and a general scarcity of consumer goods. But for many communities, the global distribution system’s routine operations present regular supply chain crises of a different sort.
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