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Dockworkers union suspends strike; ports reopen on East, Gulf coasts
The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing 45,000 U.S. dockworkers, went on strike early Tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay and the automation of tasks at 36 ports stretching from Maine to Texas.
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Teamsters will not endorse for president, in blow to Democrats
The nonendorsement comes 2 days after union leaders and members met privately with Vice President Kamala Harris so she could lay out her case for an endorsement.
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Federal labor regulator says delivery drivers are Amazon employees
Thursday’s determination suggests Amazon is wrong, finding that it failed to bargain in good faith after delivery drivers in Palmdale, Calif., voted to unionize in 2023, a first for the company’s delivery drivers.
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After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win
Workers at two Mercedes factories in Alabama voted decisively against unionizing.
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U.S. labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
Unionizing would allow the players to negotiate not only over salary but working conditions, including practice hours and travel.
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More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
Strikers are protesting what they say are years of ‘slow-walked’ contract negotiations and unfair wages.
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Teamsters to meet with Trump, some members are furious
The meeting with Donald Trump is the second this month for Teamsters President Sean O’Brien.
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Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast
The one-day strike at the Daily News coincides with Forbes walkout, which runs through Monday.
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In a reversal, Starbucks proposes restarting union talks and reaching contract agreements in 2024
Saturday marks the second anniversary of a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, voting to unionize.