First Patagonia Workers Unionize
…Food and Commercial Workers Local 711. The UFCW had organized nine REI locations in the U.S. with the RWDSU. Read the full story by UFCW News, published March 11, 2024,…
…Food and Commercial Workers Local 711. The UFCW had organized nine REI locations in the U.S. with the RWDSU. Read the full story by UFCW News, published March 11, 2024,…
…in jobsite safety incidents. The donation will be used over five years to reach 500,000 construction workers. Read the full story by Bechtel News, published March 5, 2024, here: https://www.bechtel.com/newsroom/press-releases/bechtel-and-afsp-partner-to-prevent-construction-worker-suicide/…
…dominate global steel production. According to the World Steel Association, 54% of the 2 billion metric tons of steel produced annually across the globe, comes from China. But China isn’t…
…our members were serious and prepared to do whatever it would take to get a fair agreement.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published February 28, 2024, here: https://teamster.org/2024/02/teamsters-reach-major-new-agreement-with-anheuser-busch-boosting-wages-protecting-jobs/…
…the wound. TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis called the incident attempted murder. Read the full story by Evan Simko-Bednarski for the Daily News, published February 29, 2024, here: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/29/mta-train-conductor-slashed-in-neck-in-brooklyn-subway-stop-random-attack/…
The UAW, in a news release on Feb. 21, said it plans to spend $40 million on organizing workers in non-union auto plants and battery facilities. They also emphasized that…
…critical guardrails against the misuse of AI, gained meaningful wage increases and other important gains.” Read the full story by Cynthia Littleton for Variety, published February 23, 2024, here: https://variety.com/2024/music/news/american-federation-of-musicians-amptp-contract-tentative-deal-1235920912/…
…and knocked on almost 10,000 doors in Queens, NY, alone. 86 different NYC CLC local union affiliates participated. Read the full story by AFL-CIO NYC CLC News, published here: https://www.nycclc.org/press-release/2024-02/union-members-get-out-vote-queens-elect-labor%E2%80%99s-candidate-tom-suozzi…
…responder protocol, and, three months from the date, the creation of OSHA. Read the full story by Zach Dennis and Nancy Guan for the Savannah Morning News, published here: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/local/2024/02/05/residents-of-woodbine-georgia-remember-thiokol-explosion-53-years-later/72472010007/…
…among other policies. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said, “The greed and abuse from Molson Coors must end now.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published here: https://teamster.org/2024/02/teamsters-strike-molson-coors/…