Around 48,000 grocery workers voted to strike if needed when seeking higher wages from stores owned by Kroger Co and Albertsons Companies Inc. in Southern California, the UFCW 770 union said on Saturday. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has been seeking significantly higher and equal pay, sufficient staffing, and enough working…
Grocery Workers Vote to Strike If Needed in Southern California for Higher Wages
Southern California Grocery Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
SAN DIEGO—Contract negotiations are scheduled to resume on March 30 after thousands of grocery workers across Southern California voted to authorize their union to call a strike against the owners of stores including Ralphs and Vons/Pavilions/Albertsons. The “yes” vote does not automatically result in a strike—it only authorizes the union to call one if no…
Expect More California Labor Strikes
March 24, 2022
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Commentary Inflation roils markets, especially labor markets. When inflation is reasonable, as it has been for four decades, families, companies, and governments more accurately can predict future costs and incomes. When inflation is unreasonable, calculations get scrambled. Most employees today are not in labor unions, so they make their own arrangements with employers. But labor…
Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture
DETROIT—Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 Canadian Pacific Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job…
Hundreds of Flights Cancelled in Germany as Security Staff Strike Over Pay
FRANKFURT—Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights to and from German airports on Monday as security workers went on strike amid a wage dispute. Security workers staged a full-day walkout at six airports including Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Berlin on Monday, and one-day strikes have also been called for other airports on Tuesday including Frankfurt and Hamburg. The…
Strike Paralyses London Underground
All London Underground services were suspended on Tuesday as thousands of Tube workers staged a 24-hour strike in a bitter dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said its members were “solidly supporting” the industrial action, which was causing travel chaos across the capital. Picket lines were mounted outside…
Samsung Electronics Unions Threaten First-Ever Strike, Impact Unclear
SEOUL—Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics have threatened what would be an unprecedented strike at the tech giant if their demands for higher pay and better working conditions are not met. Union representatives held a rally on Wednesday near Samsung’s headquarters in midtown Seoul after government arbitration broke down earlier this week. They are calling for…
Kroger’s King Soopers Union Workers Approve New Contract
Workers at nearly 80 King Soopers, owned by Kroger Co, approved a new three-year contract, the Colorado-based chain said on Tuesday, ending a stalemate that had caused a 10-day strike at the start of the year. King Soopers will invest $170 million in wage increases through the life of the agreement, with additional health-care investments….
Five Dead, 30 Hurt in Missile Strike on Yemen’s Marib-State Media
ADEN—At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news agency SABA said on Friday. Marib city is the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold. It sits in an energy-producing region which has been the focus of fighting over…
Omicron Surge Keeps Pounding Southern California
In the past few weeks, the new Omicron variant has swept across southern California, with high numbers of new COVID-19 cases continuing to emerge in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County. Many school districts have been hit hard by the COVID-19 surge. The second largest school district in the nation, Los Angeles…
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