#collective-bargaining

#collective-bargaining

Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25 reached a deal Friday to end a trash strike that disrupted service for hundreds of thousands of customers across the Boston area for weeks. In a joint statement on Friday, the company and the union announced they had reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement. The strike began at the beginning of July, leading to overflowing trash across more than a dozen communities - mostly on the North Shore - and calls for residents to follow adjusted schedules. Commercial clients in Boston and other nearby cities were also impacted.

The British Columbia government has unveiled details of its last offer to striking public service workers, ahead of the expected expansion of job action by the B.C. General Employees' Union. The Finance Ministry says the government is proposing a 4.5 per cent compensation increase over two years, made up of both general wage increases and cost-of-living allowances. It says the union wants 15.75 per cent, while BCGEU President Paul Finch has

"Nobody goes into education to become rich, but we deserve what was guaranteed to us," Cindy Sexton, president of the Teacher's Association of Baltimore County (TABCO), told Truthout. After months of renegotiations regarding a pay-raise deal for teachers for the 2025-2026 school year, in mid-July, both TABCO and the school district reached an agreement that grants teachers less than they'd bargained for.

Nearly 1,000 worker over billionaire protests are being planned in all 50 states starting this weekend as part of a Labor Day week of action organized by labor unions and advocacy groups in opposition to the Trump administration's policies. The actions include marches and rallies in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, a Labor Day parade in New York City, rallies in Palmer, Alaska, Freeport, Maine, and a planned protest at the state capitol in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The TUC's Building a pro-worker AI innovation strategy paper warns that short-term priorities driven by the UK's corporate governance system mean AI may be used by some employers to cut costs and automate existing processes, rather than invest, expand and innovate. "Such decisions will more likely displace or deskill workers rather than augment, expand or retrain the workforce as part of technological upgrading," said the TUC.

The NFL and senior leaders of the NFL Players Association struck an unusual confidentiality agreement that hid the details of an arbitration agreement from players, including a finding that league executives had urged team owners to reduce player compensation.

This victory shows what happens when workers stand united and refuse to be treated as second-class.

I'm pleased that we've reached an agreement that stays within VTA's financial limits while fairly recognizing the contributions of our employees. This contract ensures manageable labor costs over the next four years and provides our workforce with the compensation they deserve.

The threat of a strike from trade unions was poised to disrupt alcohol supply in Sweden, but a new agreement has secured operations for Systembolaget this summer.