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Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant’s retail employees to unionize, made history again by voting late Saturday in favor of authorizing a strike.
Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
The federal minimum has held at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but an increasing number of states are upping their base pay for workers. 9 million workers are getting a raise on January 1. Here's where.
Under the tentative new agreement, workers will earn a 61.5% raise over six years. That means the highest paid workers would make $63 per hour in the final year of the contract — up from $39.
The date of the strike correlated with International Workers' Day, an international day to celebrate and recognize organized labor. It was part of a wave of strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several labor unions provided support to these strikes including the AFL–CIO , Target Workers Unite, UFCW , and the IWW .
Date *Official name Percentage of Americans celebrating **Percentage of businesses offering paid time off [5] Remarks January 1 (fixed) New Year's Day [6] 72% [7] 96%: Celebrates beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. Festivities include counting down to 12:00 midnight on the preceding night, New Year's Eve, often with fireworks display and ...
Maryland Apple Store workers on Saturday became the first group of employees in the retail giant's 46-year history to win the right to union representation.
The impact on employers and workers within the restaurant industry is a major focus of the Fight for $15 movement. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, restaurants and other food services employ about sixty percent of all workers paid at or below the minimum wage, as of 2018. [59]