Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/bargaining/page/41/)
A Capitol rally at noon Feb. 20 will push the case for the State of Minnesota to pay unemployment benefits to striking mechanics at Northwest Airlines. The rally also marks the six-month anniversary of their strike.
Members of International Association of Machinists Lodge 143 voted this week in northern Minnesota and the Twin Cities on a proposed contract with Northwest Airlines. They also voted whether to strike if the contract is rejected.
The elected representatives of the Northwest pilots union, as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association(ALPA), voted unanimously to take a strike authorization vote. The exact timing of the ballot was left to the
discretion of Master Executive Council (MEC) Chairman Capt. Mark McClain.
Carrying signs proclaiming they were “just practicing,” several dozen workers picketed at Gerdau Ameristeel Wednesday to protest the company’s push for a concessionary contract despite making record profits.
Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union will put up a picket line Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Gerdau Ameristeel plant to protest contract concessions demanded by the company after the plant produced record profits.
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, on a vote of 67 percent in favor, 33 percent opposed, have approved a new contract with Metro Transit, union officials announced.
The Air Line Pilots Association’s Executive Council has granted
the Northwest pilot group up to $10 million from the union’s Major
Contingency Fund to prepare for a possible strike.
Machinists’ members at Northwest Airlines begin voting next week on a contract proposal that eliminates about 18 percent of their jobs and cuts wages by 11.5 percent.
Members of Transit Workers Local 1005 will vote on a revised contract proposal from Metro Transit Sunday and Monday, after rejecting an earlier offer.
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 narrowly rejected a contract offer from Metro Transit in two days of voting Sunday and Monday. The vote was 53 percent to 47 percent to reject the three-year contract.