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Omaha Steve

(103,349 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 06:39 AM Jun 2023

News & Commentary June 21, 2023 (Union-negotiated pay raises hit an all-time high)


https://onlabor.org/june-21-2023/

By Jacqueline Rayfield

Jacqueline Rayfield is a student at Harvard Law School.

In today’s News and Commentary, Union-negotiated pay raises hit an all-time high, the National Labor Relations Board rules that Apple illegally interrogated staff about their union, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will be marking up the PRO Act.

For likely the first time ever, union negotiators have secured an average first-year pay raise of 7%. This average makes the 8th straight quarterly increase in pay raises negotiated in union contracts. Some worry that this increase could cause employers to drag their feet in the hundreds of workplaces that have unionized but still have not ratified their first contract. However, for most represented workers hoping to keep up with inflation, these pay increases are a significant win.

FULL story at link above.

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News & Commentary June 21, 2023 (Union-negotiated pay raises hit an all-time high) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2023 OP
Our union just got 14% over 2 years, so yeah, average AllyCat Jun 2023 #1

AllyCat

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1. Our union just got 14% over 2 years, so yeah, average
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 08:03 AM
Jun 2023

Had to go to mediation and threaten a strike, because if we didn’t, they were stuck on 1.75% over 2 years.

Management got 10-30% raises and 6 figure bonuses.

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