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Jeffco Public Schools, teachers union strike deal for 5% cost-of-living raises
May 24, 2024 // The deal was reached two months before the union’s contract expires on July 31 and includes an additional one-time payment for educators that will equal 2% of their salary. Jeffco Public Schools will pay the one-time payment using money from its $211 million in reserves, according to the union’s news release.
Gannett journalists in the solar eclipse’s path go on strike
April 9, 2024 // Both Austin and Rochester are in the path of totality, and journalists at the two newsrooms say their outlets have devoted considerable resources to covering the eclipse. Democrat and Chronicle education reporter Justin Murphy said his newsroom has already published dozens of stories about the eclipse and has a “major” print issue planned for the event. “We see the eclipse as the exact sort of news event that demands experienced local reporters who know where to be, who know who to speak with, who know what to ask,” Murphy said. “We’ve put a huge amount of thought into where … all the different reporters are going to be set up to capture not only the eclipse itself, but all the different geographies and demographics of our community — the different experiences that people are going to be having.” But after the Newspaper Guild of Rochester failed to reach an agreement on a contract with Gannett Friday night, workers decided to launch an open-ended strike.
Teamsters, Anheuser-Busch reach tentative deal to avert a strike
February 29, 2024 // Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract agreement that averts a strike of 5,000 union members who had been prepared to walk out at midnight Thursday. The Teamsters say the deal will grant members an immediate $4 an hour raise and an $8 an hour increase over the life of the contract, raising pay of members by an average of 23%
California State Union Approves Tentative Deal, Despite Dissent
February 22, 2024 // . Some members publicly campaigned against the deal, expressing disappointment that the strike didn’t last longer. “We know that some members had strong concerns about the process and questions about the result,” Sharon Elise, the union’s associate vice president of racial and social justice, South region, said in the release. “We will only be successful if we’re working together to continue building a CSU that empowers students and provides work environments that support faculty and staff.”
Alamo Drafthouse employees in Colorado demand union recognition
January 4, 2024 //
GM workers ratify new deal narrowly; analyst expects less drama with Ford, Stellantis
November 17, 2023 // "It was really closer than it should’ve been," said Mike Martinez. Nevertheless, General Motors workers voted to ratify the UAW contract - with nearly 55 percent of the membership voting yes. "This wasn’t pretty, there was a 46-day strike," said Martinez. "They got chippy."
SF school staff union votes 99% to authorize strike
October 6, 2023 // The proposals on either side are still poles apart: The union is asking for a 16 percent raise backdated to 2020, saying its workers have gone four years without a pay increase; the union also wants one-time $3,000 bonuses and salary modifications. The school district has countered with raises of 6 percent, backdated to last year, 6 percent for this year, and 4 percent increases thereafter if certain budget conditions are agreed to by the union. SEIU declined to say how many workers participated in the vote, which took place over two days on Sep. 30 and Oct. 3, but Chelsea Fink, a union spokesperson, said the vote was 99.5 percent in favor.
Lee County teachers reach deal for pay raise, 11.5% increase for most senior instructors
October 3, 2023 // Think of the pay scale of a slinky. Right now, it’s squashed, or compressed, together. This means there’s not much room between the salaries of employees with little experience and those with many years of classroom experience. To fix this, the school district came to the table with $32 million in funding for pay raises. The hangup was figuring out how to spend it across the bands. A band is essentially a defined range of years of experience. There are more than 6,000 TALC employees in the district, and the total number of Lee County employees is approximately 10,000.
UAW workers could begin striking this week. Here’s what we know about negotiations.
September 12, 2023 //
Amalgamated Sugar Union Workers may go on strike next week
August 3, 2023 // Employees are unhappy with new union contracts that would reportedly freeze pensions for newer employees, have employees go through a two-tier pay raise, and be able to move a person to any department in the factory. Employees are also unsatisfied with the unsanitary conditions, like using portapotties in 90+ degree weather, that haven’t been maintained.