{"id":173,"date":"2025-01-20T17:25:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/costco-workers-ready-to-strike-on-feb-1-teamsters-union-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:25:50","slug":"costco-workers-ready-to-strike-on-feb-1-teamsters-union-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/costco-workers-ready-to-strike-on-feb-1-teamsters-union-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco workers ready to strike on Feb. 1, Teamsters union says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>More than 18,000 Costco workers will be walking picket lines in less than two weeks if a labor dispute over wages and benefits is not resolved, according to the Teamsters union.<\/p>\n<p>Members voted by an 85% margin to authorize a strike when their current contract expires on Jan. 31, the union <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2025\/01\/costco-teamsters-overwhelmingly-vote-to-authorize-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our members have spoken loud and clear \u2014 Costco must deliver a fair contract, or they&#8217;ll be held accountable,&#8221; Teamsters General President Sean O&#8217;Brien said in a news release. &#8220;From Day 1, we&#8217;ve told Costco that our members won&#8217;t work a day past January 31 without a historic, industry-leading agreement. Costco&#8217;s greedy executives have less than two weeks to do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Teamsters declined to specify what compensation and benefits it is seeking for the workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re demanding the best wages and benefits in the industry. As of this writing the company hasn&#8217;t responded with a meaningful counter,&#8221; a spokesperson for the union stated in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wholesale giant in late September <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.costco.com\/news\/news-details\/2024\/Costco-Wholesale-Corporation-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2024-Operating-Results\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> $250 billion in annual revenue and $7.4 billion in net profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In readying for the potential strike, hundreds of Costco Teamsters nationwide last week practiced pickets from Hayward, California, to Long Island, New York, according <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to<\/a> the union.<\/p>\n<p>Costco, which operates 897 warehouses, including 617 in the United States and Puerto Rico, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside 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