Teamsters’ unions across the country, including in key battleground states of Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, have rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Collectively, these unions represent one million Teamsters. These local Teamsters have committed to immediately begin knocking doors and engaging in other voter contact efforts across the battlegrounds. Many […]
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Kellogg’s Workers End Strike
on December 23, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Anthony Shelton, Bakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers, Battle Creek, BCTGM, cereal, collective bargaining agreement, Corn Flakes, Dave Jamieson, Huffpost, Kellogg's, Lancaster, Memphis, Michigan, Nebraska, Omaha, Pennsylvania, picket line, Rice Krispies, strike, union, Workers
Employees voted to ratify a new contract to end a work stoppage that began in early October. Kellogg’s workers ended their strike against the cereal maker on Tuesday December 21st after more than two and a half months on the picket line. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International Union said workers […]
Read More →U.S. Labor Unions Are Having a Moment
on November 12, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, Bakery, Battle Creek, BCTGM, collective bargaining, Confectionery, Deere, economic, employees, employers, fair workplace, jobs, Kellogg, labor shortages, labor union, Michigan, political, President Joe Biden, safe workplace, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, union
U.S. organized labor is having a moment after decades of erosion in both influence and power, giving workers their best chance in recent memory to claw back lost ground. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, unions are finding they suddenly have the upper hand—or at least, more solid footing—when it comes to negotiating wages […]
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