Category: Strikes

UFCW Wants Country Of Origin Labelling; Workers In India Strike; NY Times Article

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jan 23, 2020 | Strikes, UFCW, Unions

By the time the USMCA was approved by the House, most labor unions, and the AFL-CIO, were on board with the deal. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), however, still has a bone to pick — but not with who...

“Selfish” Strike Strands Thousands Without Power

Posted by editor | Mar 8, 2011 | Strikes

A tentative agreement may end the four day strike that left businesses and residents of Ewa Beach...

LRI Featured in MSNBC.com

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 7, 2010 | Media, News, Strikes

LRI’s Phillip Wilson was featured in an article about strikes in the current economy on...

“Scabs Go Home!”

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 20, 2010 | News, Strikes

UFCW 1994 MCGEO Organizing Coordinator Amy Miller is quoted by saying, “These scavengers are nothing more than scabs and they need to go back from where they came from.” Jamele McLaurin – a six-year member of UFCW...

Union Security Clause to Fuel Strike

Posted by editor | Jun 30, 2010 | Strikes

Despite 32 tentative agreements reached between the Teamsters Union and The Northeast Distribution Center of New England based Dunkin Donuts in their first-contract negotiations, the Teamsters are frothing at the mouth and...