Costco Teamsters vote to authorize strike
2025-01-20
Category: economic

Eighteen thousand Costco Teamsters are preparing to strike if a &quot;fair contract offer&quot; is not presented by the end of the month. Eighty-five percent of Costco Teamsters across the U.S. voted in favor of authorizing the strike, according to a Sunday press release. Tensions had been building throughout the week, as Teamsters put up several Costco-related posts on its social media. &quot;From day one, we&#x2019;ve told Costco that our members won&#x2019;t work a day past January 31 without a historic, industry-leading agreement,&quot; Teamsters General President Sean M. O&#x2019;Brien said in a statement.&#xA0; &quot;Costco&#x2019;s greedy executives have less than two weeks to do the right thing. If they refuse, they&#x2019;ll have no one to blame but themselves when our members go on strike,&quot; O&apos;Brien continued. COSTCO COLD REMEDY RECALLED DUE TO POSSIBLE &apos;CONTAMINATION&apos;  Teamsters said on X the &quot;final week of negotiations begins on January 20.&quot; Practice pickets have been held in California, Washington and Long Island &quot;in preparation for a potential strike.&quot; Hundreds in San Diego are preparing to mobilize a large practice picket by Thursday, Teamsters said.&#xA0; COSTCO ISSUES RECALL NOTICES FOR FROZEN WAFFLES, FREEZE DRIED MEAT OVER LISTERIA CONCERNS   Costco&apos;s first location opened in 1976 under the Price Club&apos;s name &quot;in a converted airplane hangar on Morena Boulevard in San Diego,&quot; the retail giant&apos;s website says. Today, the membership warehouse club &quot;is a multi-billion dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in eight countries.&quot;&#xA0; Costco&apos;s website also says the company &quot;is often noted for being much more employee-focused than other Fortune 500 companies. By offering fair wages and top-notch benefits, the company has created a workplace culture that attracts positive, high-energy, talented employees.&quot;  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS Costco did not immediately respond to a FOX Business request for comment. &quot;We are the backbone of Costco,&quot; Bryan Fields, a Costco worker in Baltimore and member of Teamsters Local 570 said in a statement. &quot;We drive its success and generate its profits. We hope the company will step up and do right by us, but if they don&#x2019;t, that&#x2019;s on them. The company will be striking itself.&quot;