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Local and National Union News
Teamsters at Herbal Wellness Center strike for change
Nov. 25, 2025 | Following historically long cannabis industry labor strikes in Ann Arbor, Mich., and York, Pa., workers at the Columbus dispensary Herbal Wellness Center are setting a new record. Union members at the East Main Street shop are now almost two months into a strike that started on Sept. 26, surpassing the successful 45-day picket staged by workers at Green Thumb Industries in York and making it the new longest cannabis workers' strike in U.S. history. The affected union workers are represented by Teamsters Local 413. Negotiations for a union contract have been ongoing since last year… Learn moreReady to strike! Allegiant Air Teamsters picket nationwide
Nov. 18, 2025 | Teamsters pilots at Allegiant Air held a coordinated informational picket today at 22 bases nationwide, [including in Pittsburgh and Allentown, PA], to demand the fair contract they have more than earned. For years, the company has delayed progress while investing in everything except the dedicated people who keep their planes in the air. These pilots aren't backing down. Allegiant can't run an airline without them — and it's time the company recognizes that with industry-standard pay, protections, and respect. PHOTO/NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIOOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’: How Unionization ‘Whirlwind’ Set Stage for Historic Starbucks Strike
Dec. 2, 2025 | STRIKES | (Click image to view.) Thousands of Starbucks baristas are on strike across the US, warning the world’s largest coffee chain to brace for the “longest and biggest” bout of industrial action in its history. Barely a year after Brian Niccol, the Starbucks CEO, tried to draw a line under bitter divisions between its management and unionized workers, pledging to “engage constructively” with them, the American coffee giant is now grappling with an escalating strike during its lucrative holiday trading season. About 2,500 workers are striking across 85 cities and 120 stores… The Guardian PHOTO/BRENDAN McDERMID, REUTERS
Month ending 11/30.2025
• Starbucks strikers say company ‘has made no contact’
• UPS struggling to fulfil holiday deliveries after deadly cargo crash
• Maryland's commute times rise to the second-longest in the US.
• Tyson to close major beef facility, shafting 3,000 workers
• Pittsburgh journalists end 3-yr. strike, return to work
• Labor union leader pleads not guilty in LA immigration protest arrest
• More than 150 Baltimore school bus workers ratify new CBA
• 300 newly-organized Maryland bus workers approve strong contract
Unions Back Amendment to Shield Pentagon Workers
Nov. 24, 2025 | BARGAINING RIGHTS | Federal-sector unions are supporting an effort to secure bargaining rights for Pentagon employees as lawmakers finalize last-minute amendments to the military’s must-pass legislation. Section 1110 in the National Defense Authorization Act would reinstate bargaining rights for the department’s civilian staff, countering President Trump’s March and August executive orders. The measure has drawn enough GOP interest that more than a dozen House Republicans urged Armed Services committee leaders in both chambers to keep the language in the final bill. Unions, including the AFGE, have argued that the Trump administration’s actions leave the largest segment of the federal workforce without the ability to bargain. Politico
Week Ending 11/21/2025
• Freightwaves: Yellow Corp. liquidation plan OK’d
• Teamsters: Corporate greed destroyed Yellow Freight
• AP News: ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed waiting
• Freightwaves: Loose wire led to ship collapsing Key Bridge
• Freightwaves: NTSB links fatigue cracks to fatal crash of UPS cargo jet
• WSJ: How did we get a 40-hr. workweek, and has it had its day?
• NLRB: Board finds Allentown Sysco drivers are an appropriate unit
• TPM: Organizing unions can force you to become a better person
• Teamsters: Teamsters file ULP charges against Henry Ford Genesys
• The Guardian: No Contract, No Coffee - What to know about the 40-cities strike
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