NEW: Railroad workers are telling Congress to stop doing the bidding of profitable & exploitative railroad companies.
3 of the 5 largest rail unions rejected a tentative contract that gives workers 0 paid sick days.
Workers want Congress to improve the deal & save the industry. pic.twitter.com/Z0EI2nG26F
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) November 21, 2022
Tag: Strike
Red Cup Day – Workers on Strike at Starbucks
More than a thousand Starbucks employees went on strike on Thursday on what is one of the company’s busiest days.
Members of the Starbucks Workers Union are picketing outside more than a hundred stores across the country on what they say is the group’s largest single-day strike. The walkout falls on what’s known as Red Cup Day, when the coffee giant hands out limited-edition holiday reusable cups. They’re considered collector’s items and customers line up at the crack of dawn to get their hands on a decorated cup. It’s one of the coffee giant’s most profitable days on the calendar.
On Red Cup Day, thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike
No Starbucks for me today
San Francisco Airport Strike
⚡️ BREAKING ⚡️
1,000 fast-food workers at San Francisco International Airport are on strike.
Most of us haven't had a raise in three years, and we're tired of working two or even three jobs just to survive. So we're fighting back.
#1u #AirportStrikeAlert #unitehere pic.twitter.com/LFs4mUQnnn— UNITE HERE Local 2 (@UniteHereLocal2) September 26, 2022
HarperCollins Strike – July 20, 2022
More than 200 unionized HarperCollins employees are on strike today following months of contract negotiations, which began in December 2021 and which, they say, have not yielded a fair agreement for workers.
HarperCollins, based in New York City—where the median rent recently reached $4,000 a month—offers a starting salary of $45,000, and unionized workers make an average salary of $55,000. Employees are calling for a pay increase along with more family leave benefits, improved efforts to diversify the company, and “stronger union protection,” while currently working without a contract, according to a press release.
Employees are currently holding a picket line in lower Manhattan, where others have joined them in support.
HarperCollins workers are on strike today
Corinne Segal
Lithub
Congrats to King Soopers Workers
A new agreement for Kroger workers includes higher wages for King Soopers employees, with some receiving increases of more than $5 per hour https://t.co/wcCGH6YQmQ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 25, 2022
Supporting the King Soopers Strike
I live maybe a mile from a King Soopers store and have been shopping there for years. I went to Safeway this weekend instead of King Soopers, out of support for the strikers. Noted that the Safeway store was extra busy. Great minds think alike.
Thank you to our community! We are so thankful that you are standing with us we see your post your photos your comments! Thank you for standing with us! #thankful #togetherwewin #kingsoopersstrike #dontshopkingsoopers pic.twitter.com/xZtWEP1Zxd
— UFCW Local 7 (@UFCW_7) January 17, 2022
King Soopers Strike – Denver
Kroger Supermarket Workers Go on Strike in Denver
About 8,400 unionized workers at Kroger’s King Soopers in Denver walk off the job, demanding better pay and benefits
Wall Street Journal
Boycott Kelloggs #BoycottKelloggs
Will be saying NO to all the above until Kellogg works out something with the Union.
Not 1 pop-tart
No Cheez-Its
Nothing
Update – December 12. Went to the store today and Pop-Tarts were on sale. Too bad they’re Kelloggs, though. Hard pass.
Columbia Student Workers Strike
NEW: The biggest strike in America right now is happening at Columbia University, where 3,000 student workers are fighting for a livable wage, health benefits, and more.
Columbia says it can't afford workers' demands — after its most lucrative year in 15 years. pic.twitter.com/IYd5KF67qX
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) November 20, 2021
Congratulations to DIA Janitors
“We’re on strike for fair wages and workloads,” said Luis Gonzalez in a statement. “We keep this place running. We put ourselves at risk every day, and we deserve to be able to put food on the table for the holidays.”
Ron Ruggiero, president of SEIU Local 105, said the tentative agreement reached after talks Saturday morning includes a win for workers on the issue of pay after “40 years of wage stagnation.”
“A huge sticking point was around wages and that was a major achievement today,” Ruggiero said. “There are also workload issues that got resolved.”
The agreement reached contains raises amounting to $4 an hour over the three years of the contract, along with workload protections and increased time off.
Striking DIA janitors return to work after tentative deal reached
The Denver Channel
Robert Garrison