Today in 2004 Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications Inc. workers begin a four-day strike to protest the local phone giant’s latest contract offer.
• BLS: Union numbers up, union density down • The right to strike is in danger at the Supreme Court • Inflation eroding real wage gains of many US workers • Rail workers continue fight for sick leave, safe staffing • Fur flies as Teamsters begin hashing out UPS negotiating strategy • The South has a new union - and workers have Black women to thank • Apple becomes first big tech firm to negotiate with union • Labor, rights groups praise Biden policy boosting migrant worker protections • Teamsters poised to strike Aramark Uniform Services in five states • OSHA cites Amazon for exposing warehouse workers to safety hazards
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.
