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Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon
Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon As the holiday season peaks, the Teamsters Union has initiated a significant strike against Amazon, targeting facilities in four states. This action is described as the largest labor movement in the company’s history. On Thursday morning, December 19, union members began protests at a fulfillment center in Queens, New York, with additional strikes occurring in Atlanta, Southern California, and Skokie, Illinois. The union aims to highlight unacceptable working conditions and Amazon’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining.  Their demands include better wages, hours, and benefits fo…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Deal At The Docks: Port Workers Back On The Job After Three-Day Strike Deal At The Docks: Port Workers Back On The Job After Three-Day Strike
Deal At The Docks: Port Workers Back On The Job After Three-Day Strike Ports across the East Coast are back in business - at least for now - as dock workers with the International Longshoremen's Union (ILU) reached a tentative agreement with the US Maritime Alliance (USMX) to suspend the strike until Jan. 15. Workers went on strike on Tuesday, Oct. 1 amid an ongoing and contentious negotiation with USMX, causing picket lines to form at ports from Maine to Texas. Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime... Posted by International Longshoremen's Association on Thursday, October…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Fetterman Visits Striking Mack Truck Workers On Lehigh County Picket Line Fetterman Visits Striking Mack Truck Workers On Lehigh County Picket Line
Fetterman Visits Striking Mack Truck Workers On Lehigh County Picket Line US Senator John Fetterman was in Macungie on Tuesday, Oct. 10 to visit the Mack Truck workers who walked out on strike this week.  I was proud to walk the picket line with striking @UAWRegion9 workers from MACK Trucks in Macungie today. This is my third @UAW picket line in the past few weeks. As long as these workers walk the picket line, I will have their backs. pic.twitter.com/m6X2TWbfkI — Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) October 10, 2023 "I was proud to walk the picket line with striking (UAW Region 9) workers from Mack Trucks in Macungie today," he said. "As long as these wo…

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by Mac Bullock
Business
Shooting Threat Made At Lancaster Kellogg's Plant Amid Ongoing Strike: Police Shooting Threat Made At Lancaster Kellogg's Plant Amid Ongoing Strike: Police
Shooting Threat Made At Lancaster Kellogg's Plant Amid Ongoing Strike: Police Days after union members rejected a deal to end a strike that has been going on since Oct., police were called to an immediate threat of a shooting at the Kellogg's plant in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, according to a release by police. Police were called to a report of an unknown actor who called the company via phone just minutes before and said that "a shooting would occur within 15 minutes, targeting temporary workers at the facility," according to the release. Police arrived to investigate at the Kellogg's Corporation located at 2050 State Road on Thursday, Dec. 9 around 3:30 p.m. accordi…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center
Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center A determined group of workers fighting for fair wages at Pennsylvania’s Coca-Cola distribution center in Bethlehem have gone on strike. As of Monday, the workers — seen holding signs saying, “Teamster Local 773 ON STRIKE Abarta Coca-Cola” — are fighting for fair wages, lower health insurance costs and their pensions, according to a Facebook post from the labor union. Our members at Coca Cola Abarta are on strike as of today. These brothers worked hard throughout the entire pandemic and... Posted by Teamster Local 773 on Monday, December 6, 2021 “They deserve better,” the post says. “S…

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by Valerie Musson