For the first time in its 145-year history, PECO’s 1,600 unionized workers went on strike just after midnight Saturday after negotiations on a new labor agreement with the utility’s management collapsed.
More than 264 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late last year
“We want to be doing strong journalism, we want to be reporting for the Pittsburgh region, we don’t want to be out here on the streets doing this.”
Earlier this month, an overwhelming majority of workers voted down a five-year offer that would have provided 3% raises and cost of living adjustments in the later years of the deal to most but not all employees.
Members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union will vote Sunday on the new offer that includes cost-of-living adjustments and a $1.10 per hour raise for all employees.