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Costco workers authorize nationwide strike
KRONnews4 ^ | Jan 20, 2025 / 11:30 AM PST | Tony Kurzweil

Posted on 01/20/2025 11:59:42 AM PST by BenLurkin

Thousands of Costco workers nationwide voted Sunday to authorize a strike if a contract is not reached by the end of the month.

The authorization was approved by an 85% margin due to Costco’s “failure to bargain constructively and refusal to present a fair contract offer that reflects the company’s record-breaking profits,” the International Brotherhood of Teamsters stated.

The current agreement, which covers more than 18,000 Costco workers, expires on Jan. 31.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: costco
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1 posted on 01/20/2025 11:59:42 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Stupid is as stupid does.


2 posted on 01/20/2025 12:00:41 PM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: BenLurkin

Costco is unionized?.......who knew? 🤷


3 posted on 01/20/2025 12:01:39 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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To: BenLurkin

Costco needs to ban DEI right now.

F’em.


4 posted on 01/20/2025 12:02:16 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: BenLurkin

They celebrate DEI. That’s why they need union thugs raiding their paychecks. Idiots.


5 posted on 01/20/2025 12:03:32 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Joe Pedophile's deal with the devil is finally coming to an end. Thank you Lord. Amen.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

My thoughts exactly.


6 posted on 01/20/2025 12:03:41 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: BenLurkin

BTW...if one wants to share in Costco’s profits, one can buy Costco stock like everyone else.


7 posted on 01/20/2025 12:03:41 PM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: BenLurkin

The place is basically a giant warehouse......the most skilled labor I ever saw in there were the butchers. Lol!


8 posted on 01/20/2025 12:03:54 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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To: BenLurkin

And????? SO?????


9 posted on 01/20/2025 12:04:44 PM PST by BigEdLB (Bye-bye Brandon)
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


10 posted on 01/20/2025 12:04:59 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: BenLurkin

The strike could go on for a year and I would still be using the case of toilet paper and paper towels that I bought the last time I was there.


11 posted on 01/20/2025 12:07:54 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Welcome To Costco, I don’t love you!”


12 posted on 01/20/2025 12:10:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Where will people go to panic when 2” of snow are forecast?


13 posted on 01/20/2025 12:10:39 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: V_TWIN

The checkout people do a very good job. We’ll get in a line that looks like it will take a half-hour; and then in ten minutes, we’re out.


14 posted on 01/20/2025 12:12:17 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BenLurkin

Costco gas is about 20-30 cents less per gallon than any other place in town. I guess I’d better fill up!


15 posted on 01/20/2025 12:12:51 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Col Frank Slade

Do people even go to Costco for that?


16 posted on 01/20/2025 12:15:34 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: dfwgator

Bring in the scabs!
I can’t see them shutting down over this.
DEI=DIE


17 posted on 01/20/2025 12:17:32 PM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: BenLurkin

“The Teamsters covered by the Costco national contract make up 8% of the 219,000 U.S. employees that the company has at 616 U.S. stores, according to company filings.

But a strike by that many workers represents a major strike for a U.S. retailer, which is overwhelmingly non-union.”


18 posted on 01/20/2025 12:18:06 PM PST by plain talk
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To: GranTorino

Us old folk. I don’t buy in bulk. Those shopping carts are like destruction derby solid. Trader Joe’s is more for singles.


19 posted on 01/20/2025 12:18:45 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: BenLurkin

This represents a very small percentage of Costco warehouses and workers.

I doubt this will end with the teamsters getting everything they want.


20 posted on 01/20/2025 12:26:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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