Maria Pike and her daughter Destinii Hope were killed last year after police officers responded to a domestic violence call.
The sellout and premature cancellation of the two-week strike called on February 6 breaks the momentum of the strike and secures no real gains for workers, only an agreement to restart negotiations over the next 100 days. But, according to the union, no negotiations have actually been scheduled.
King Soopers is seeking a temporary restraining order against workers and has filed a lawsuit alleging the union of colluding with other union locals to engage in unlawful “multi-union bargaining”
This is the second contract in a row that workers at King Soopers have launched a major strike. Three years ago roughly 8,000 workers walked off the job for 10 days with the union raising the demand for a $6 an hour across the board wage increase.
Thousands of grocery store workers in Colorado are set to walk off the job Thursday, following a 10 day strike in 2022.
Together, with potential strikes by Safeway and Costco workers, grocery workers could launch one of the first major labor struggles under the new Trump administration.
Management at the Kroger-owned chain is demanding extensive concessions, especially from part-time workers, while the union has failed to put forward its own wage demands.
The 204 workers ended their strike with a $2 wage increase to the base pay to $23 an hour and an average $4 an hour wage increase for more experienced workers.
The 204 ski patrollers at Park City Mountain resort are demanding a $2 an hour wage increase.
Thousands of Amazon drivers ended their week-long strike on Thursday while an estimated 5,000 Starbucks workers ended a five-day strike on Christmas Day.
Briana Boston, 42, was arrested on charges of “written threat to kill or injure—conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism” and faces up to 15 years in prison.
UPS announced the closure of three facilities in November, laying off more than 1,000 workers as part of its plans to automate its operations.
The school board took just two weeks from the announcement of the plan to vote to approve it, displacing more than 1,000 students and nearly 200 teachers.
The closure will layoff 404 workers starting in January and renovations are slated to take at least a year to complete
UPS announced that it has closed 45 operations and reduced daily capacity by 1 million parcels as it shifted operations to automated facilities.
Transit workers are unable to afford the cost of living in the exclusive ski resort town, one of the most expensive places to live in the United States.
In a series of letters, one of which attacked the WSWS for exposing the new BNSF contract’s preparations for one man crews, SMART bureaucrats arrogantly lectured workers about what they must accept.
Hawley, a major co-conspirator in the January 6, 2021 attempt to overturn the election, is a leading figure in the Republicans’ attempts to make a right-wing populist appeal to workers.
The contract would eliminate thousands of conductor positions, a longstanding goal of management across all the major railroads.
The TCU, TWU, and BRC announced ratification of the contract without any evidence of support from the rank and file
