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Union members approve new deal, end Nabisco strike
KOIN
By Sam Campbell
September 19, 2021
Nabisco workers in five cities across the country voted to accept a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the strike that started with 200 employees Aug. 10. For more than a month, employees at Nabisco’s Northeast Portland bakery took to a picket line to voice their concerns which included the offshoring of jobs, removal of pensions, changes to shift lengths and overtime pay proposed by management. Their actions spread to other Nabisco facilities in Denver, Chicago, Atlanta and Richmond, Va. Union members at all of these locations voted in approval of the new deal, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union announced Sunday. “The BCTGM’s striking members made enormous sacrifices in order to achieve a quality contract that preserves our Union’s high standards for wages, hours and benefits for current and future Nabisco workers,” BCTGM International President Anthony Shelton said. “Their sacrifice will benefit all BCTGM members and working people around the country for years to come.”
JOINING TOGETHER
Nabisco workers vote to end strike that began in Portland, spread nationwide
The Oregonian
By Lizzy Acker
September 18, 2021
A strike that spread from Portland across the country ended Saturday, and Nabisco employees could be back at the bakery as soon as Thursday. Cameron Taylor, a business agent at Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers Local 364 in Portland, said Saturday that about 75% of members approved of the agreement, which got rid of the new healthcare proposal and maintained the regular overtime schedule for most employees.
Baltimore Symphony moves concerts from Strathmore amid union impasse
The Washington Post
By Peggy McGlone
September 16, 2021
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has moved two concerts from the Music Center at Strathmore to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore as contract negotiations between Strathmore and its ticket sellers union remain at an impasse. The orchestra relocated the performances, scheduled for Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, from the North Bethesda venue to “give Strathmore more time and space to negotiate” with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 868, according to a BSO statement. The orchestra must also finalize its license agreement with Strathmore, explained Tonya McBride Robles, BSO vice president and chief operating officer.
Beaumont transit workers hold Sunday picket for better work conditions ahead of possible strike
12 News Now
By James Grant and Tiana Johnson
September 19, 2021
Beaumont transit workers picketed on Sunday to fight for better work conditions, ahead of a possible strike. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1301 have been in contract negotiations with Beaumont First Transit since October of 2020. Transit workers said they are fed up, and they dread coming to work knowing a bus may break down at any minute.
POLITICS
Biden vows to "deal everyone in" as Nobel laureates back economic plan
Axios
By Mike Allen
September 16, 2021
In East Room remarks Thursday afternoon on leveling the economic playing field, President Biden will argue that his Build Back Better plan will "deal everyone in."