Labor Notes: ‘Boeing Machinists End 53-Day Strike with 38 Percent Raise’
Striking Boeing Machinists will start returning to work tomorrow after voting for a new contract with substantial wage increases. The 33,000 Seattle-area Machinists voted 59 percent to accept, just two weeks after two-thirds of them voted to reject a slightly worse contract.
California CVS Workers End ULP Strike, Rite Aid Workers Authorize Strike
CVS workers at 7 different locations across Southern California in UFCW Locals 324 and 770 went on ULP strike for three days, from Friday, Oct. 18 to Sunday, Oct. 20th. Meanwhile, 3,500 Rite Aid workers in California have voted to authorize a ULP strike.
Labor Notes: ‘Walmart Warehouse Workers Win First Union in Canada'
Eight hundred workers near Toronto have won the first Walmart warehouse union in Canada or the U.S.
Solidarity with ILA on Strike!
45,000 workers at ports across the East Coast are on strike with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) after their contract expired on September 30.
Organizing Workshop: “Identifying Leaders”
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California CVS Workers Authorize a Strike
Thousands of workers across several UFCW locals in California have voted to authorize a strike at CVS.
Labor Notes: ‘Can the Machinists Save Boeing from Its Management?’
Boeing has increased its offer to striking Machinists, hoping to end a work stoppage that entered its eleventh day today. According to the Seattle Times, the new proposal would raise wages 30 percent over four years, as opposed to 25 percent in the offer that workers rejected by 94.6 percent.
Boeing Machinists On Strike
For the first time in 16 years, Boeing Machinists are on strike. 33,000 Boeing workers organized with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) walked out at 12:01 am on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. They are members of IAM District 751.