Posts tagged labor contract
National rail labor strike possible July 18 unless President Joe Biden intervenes
July 11, 2022 // However, the Railway Labor Act, which sets out the rules for these kinds of disputes, allows President Joe Biden to appoint a three-member emergency board to investigate and make recommendations to both sides about how to settle their differences. The union is not allowed to strike during the Presidential Emergency Board’s investigation. The main issues are wages and benefits. Railroad freight traffic, Jeremy Ferguson,
Union Workers At Vollrath Company Prepare To Strike As Contract Negotiations Continue
April 6, 2022 // The Vollrath Company Monday morning says Sheboygan United Auto Workers Local 1472 plans to invoke it’s right to a work stoppage starting today. This comes after Vollrath Company and the Union have been unsuccessful in reaching an agreement on a labor contract that expired last Friday. In a statement emailed to WHBL News Monday morning, the company says they remain willing and open to negotiating a fair and equitable contract that provides the basis for long-term employment for it’s valued union workers as well as a viable future for the company.
Union workers on strike at Sheboygan manufacturing company
April 6, 2022 //
WTTW technicians on strike against Chicago public TV station vow ‘to be out here as long as it takes’
March 22, 2022 // Two dozen striking WTTW technicians came out from behind the cameras and held a union rally in front of the station’s North Side studios Monday seeking support in their quest for job guarantees and a new labor contract.
Grocery Store Workers To Decide Whether To Go On Strike After Labor Contract Expires
March 9, 2022 // “It’s unfortunate that substantial progress toward reaching an agreement was not made during our 12 total days of bargaining with the union,” Robert Branton, vice president of operations at Ralphs, said in a statement. “While the company made several wage proposals, the union continues to propose very costly items which impacts our ability to meet customer needs and remain competitive.”
Iowa ordered to pay $2 million to union for uncollected union dues, unpaid overtime
February 15, 2022 // The union voted to ratify the contract Feb. 14, 2017 — three days before Branstad signed the bill into law. In addition to banning the state from collecting dues for public sector unions, the law also took away unions' rights to bargain over many conditions of employment other than base wages.