Labor Action Tracker
@laboraction.bsky.social
Labor Action Tracker from Cornell ILR and LER at Illinois https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu/. Comprehensive data on strikes in the US, 2021-present. ✊ Report a strike or labor protest 👉 http://tinyurl.com/dtw7tkje
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Labor Action Tracker 2024
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📣 The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report is officially here, courtesy of @laboraction.bsky.social, @cornellilr.bsky.social, and LER at Illinois!
Check out the link below for the full report or take a look at the overview in the following thread!
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Check out the link below for the full report or take a look at the overview in the following thread!
www.ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-...
In Floyd County, KY, 32 school bus drivers called in sick to protest:
📍low pay
📍unfair scheduling
The sickout, organized by the drivers themselves, disrupted student transportation across the district. They are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social. Union was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4cbusm
📍low pay
📍unfair scheduling
The sickout, organized by the drivers themselves, disrupted student transportation across the district. They are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social. Union was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4cbusm
More than 30 bus drivers in KY school district call in sick amid labor dispute
Thirty-two of Floyd County School District’s bus drivers called in sick Tuesday amid a labor dispute with the district.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In Floyd County, KY, 32 school bus drivers called in sick to protest:
📍low pay
📍unfair scheduling
The sickout, organized by the drivers themselves, disrupted student transportation across the district. They are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social. Union was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4cbusm
📍low pay
📍unfair scheduling
The sickout, organized by the drivers themselves, disrupted student transportation across the district. They are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social. Union was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4cbusm
In Tacoma, 35 teachers and paraeducators at a local elementary school called in sick to protest:
📍staffing shortages
The educators, who are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social, took action independently; the union itself was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d6b6rp2
📍staffing shortages
The educators, who are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social, took action independently; the union itself was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d6b6rp2
Staff sickout over staffing issues in Tacoma Elementary triggers district investigation
This week, a flyer addressed to families of Jennie Reed Elementary expressed concerns over recent announcements of staff cuts at the school.
tinyurl.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In Tacoma, 35 teachers and paraeducators at a local elementary school called in sick to protest:
📍staffing shortages
The educators, who are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social, took action independently; the union itself was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d6b6rp2
📍staffing shortages
The educators, who are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social, took action independently; the union itself was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d6b6rp2
In Honolulu, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 996 members at Kapiolani Medical Center are on strike over:
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In Honolulu, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 996 members at Kapiolani Medical Center are on strike over:
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
In Salt Lake City, workers at SunTrapp, a gay bar, walked out demanding:
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In Salt Lake City, workers at SunTrapp, a gay bar, walked out demanding:
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
In Ohio, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 413 members at Herbal Wellness Center walked out on Sept. 27 over:
📍fighting for a first contract
📍job security & seniority system
📍fair scheduling
Around 6 dispensary workers joined the strike for a stronger voice at work
🔗 tinyurl.com/58cx4ds4
📍fighting for a first contract
📍job security & seniority system
📍fair scheduling
Around 6 dispensary workers joined the strike for a stronger voice at work
🔗 tinyurl.com/58cx4ds4
Teamsters Strike Herbal Wellness Center
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Cannabis dispensary workers have been forced to go on strike at Herbal Wellness Center in Columbus to protest the company’s unfair labor
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October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In Ohio, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 413 members at Herbal Wellness Center walked out on Sept. 27 over:
📍fighting for a first contract
📍job security & seniority system
📍fair scheduling
Around 6 dispensary workers joined the strike for a stronger voice at work
🔗 tinyurl.com/58cx4ds4
📍fighting for a first contract
📍job security & seniority system
📍fair scheduling
Around 6 dispensary workers joined the strike for a stronger voice at work
🔗 tinyurl.com/58cx4ds4
Kaiser Permanente workers across the Western region wrapped up their strike today after walking out over:
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Kaiser Permanente workers across the Western region wrapped up their strike today after walking out over:
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
In Northern California, 17 hospital maintenance workers at two Providence hospitals, members of IUOE, are on strike over:
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In Northern California, 17 hospital maintenance workers at two Providence hospitals, members of IUOE, are on strike over:
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
Largest strike in August:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Largest strike in August:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
Largest strike in July:
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Largest strike in July:
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In NYC, around 50 @kickstarter.com workers unionized with @opeiu.org and are on strike over:
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In NYC, around 50 @kickstarter.com workers unionized with @opeiu.org and are on strike over:
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
In Indianapolis, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 135 members at Brulin Holding Company are on strike over:
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Indianapolis, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 135 members at Brulin Holding Company are on strike over:
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
In Pittsburgh, @pghguild.com journalists at the Post-Gazette have been on strike for over 3 years:
📍illegal union-busting & bad-faith bargaining
📍loss of health care, pay, and job protections
🔗 www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/08/h...
📍illegal union-busting & bad-faith bargaining
📍loss of health care, pay, and job protections
🔗 www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/08/h...
Hallam and County Council recognize our resilience as this damn strike nears its third anniversary - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Tuesday night about a dozen of us wore our black PUP T-shirts, the most vigorously chic attire in labor history, and gathered in the Gold Room at the Allegheny County Courthouse to stand with the coun...
www.unionprogress.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In Pittsburgh, @pghguild.com journalists at the Post-Gazette have been on strike for over 3 years:
📍illegal union-busting & bad-faith bargaining
📍loss of health care, pay, and job protections
🔗 www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/08/h...
📍illegal union-busting & bad-faith bargaining
📍loss of health care, pay, and job protections
🔗 www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/08/h...
In Vermont, @teamsters.bsky.social at a Dairy Farmers of America plant are on strike over:
📍long shifts, low pay, short staffing
📍retirement/health benefits.
The plant, which supplies cream to Ben & Jerry’s, also faces sewage and odor complaints.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4cnaekct
📍long shifts, low pay, short staffing
📍retirement/health benefits.
The plant, which supplies cream to Ben & Jerry’s, also faces sewage and odor complaints.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4cnaekct
St. Albans dairy workers go on strike
Dairy workers at Dairy Farmers of America's St. Albans facility went on strike Friday after contract negotiations broke down.
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In Vermont, @teamsters.bsky.social at a Dairy Farmers of America plant are on strike over:
📍long shifts, low pay, short staffing
📍retirement/health benefits.
The plant, which supplies cream to Ben & Jerry’s, also faces sewage and odor complaints.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4cnaekct
📍long shifts, low pay, short staffing
📍retirement/health benefits.
The plant, which supplies cream to Ben & Jerry’s, also faces sewage and odor complaints.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4cnaekct
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is the embodiment of oligarchy & corporate greed.
Even with the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the S&P 500, he’d rather threaten our livelihoods and make stores worse to “cut costs.”
If Starbucks doesn’t finalize union contracts soon, we’re ready to STRIKE.✊
Even with the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the S&P 500, he’d rather threaten our livelihoods and make stores worse to “cut costs.”
If Starbucks doesn’t finalize union contracts soon, we’re ready to STRIKE.✊
September 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is the embodiment of oligarchy & corporate greed.
Even with the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the S&P 500, he’d rather threaten our livelihoods and make stores worse to “cut costs.”
If Starbucks doesn’t finalize union contracts soon, we’re ready to STRIKE.✊
Even with the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the S&P 500, he’d rather threaten our livelihoods and make stores worse to “cut costs.”
If Starbucks doesn’t finalize union contracts soon, we’re ready to STRIKE.✊
🚨 The largest strike in June 2025: 🚨
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨 The largest strike in June 2025: 🚨
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
Care workers in Connecticut are on strike across 3 companies (Network Inc., Caring Community, and Alternative Services Inc.).
Unionized with @seiu.org, about 500 workers are demanding:
📍 A fair retirement package
🔗 tinyurl.com/54fm7dyy
Unionized with @seiu.org, about 500 workers are demanding:
📍 A fair retirement package
🔗 tinyurl.com/54fm7dyy
Hundreds of caregivers go on strike over pension funding
Hundreds of caregivers plan to strike on Friday, unless pension contributions are increased, according to union leaders
tinyurl.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Care workers in Connecticut are on strike across 3 companies (Network Inc., Caring Community, and Alternative Services Inc.).
Unionized with @seiu.org, about 500 workers are demanding:
📍 A fair retirement package
🔗 tinyurl.com/54fm7dyy
Unionized with @seiu.org, about 500 workers are demanding:
📍 A fair retirement package
🔗 tinyurl.com/54fm7dyy
In Ohio, 14 Signal newsroom workers at a small non-profit newsroom (affiliated with @cwaunion.bsky.social ) hit 80% on cards & demanded voluntary recognition.
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In Ohio, 14 Signal newsroom workers at a small non-profit newsroom (affiliated with @cwaunion.bsky.social ) hit 80% on cards & demanded voluntary recognition.
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
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🌟 What is MCOSH?🌟
MCOSH has been fighting for safe, just, and healthy workplaces since 1989. As a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (NCOSH)
#WorkplaceWellness #Union #COSH #OSHA
MCOSH has been fighting for safe, just, and healthy workplaces since 1989. As a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (NCOSH)
#WorkplaceWellness #Union #COSH #OSHA
September 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🌟 What is MCOSH?🌟
MCOSH has been fighting for safe, just, and healthy workplaces since 1989. As a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (NCOSH)
#WorkplaceWellness #Union #COSH #OSHA
MCOSH has been fighting for safe, just, and healthy workplaces since 1989. As a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (NCOSH)
#WorkplaceWellness #Union #COSH #OSHA
UCFW Workers at a dispensary in Ann Arbor, MI, are on strike after a colleague was fired for organizing.
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
UCFW Workers at a dispensary in Ann Arbor, MI, are on strike after a colleague was fired for organizing.
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
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Your solidarity helps....Like and Share this post to help spread the image of this mass picket of NEU members at Whitefields school#strikemap #nationaleducationunion @strikemap.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Your solidarity helps....Like and Share this post to help spread the image of this mass picket of NEU members at Whitefields school#strikemap #nationaleducationunion @strikemap.org
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This #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating the Hispanic and Latino labor leaders who fought for workers' rights, fair wages, & safe working conditions.
Their legacies inspire us to continue fighting for change ✊
Their legacies inspire us to continue fighting for change ✊
September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating the Hispanic and Latino labor leaders who fought for workers' rights, fair wages, & safe working conditions.
Their legacies inspire us to continue fighting for change ✊
Their legacies inspire us to continue fighting for change ✊
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Tomorrow is AFSCME's Day of Action! Without funding for health care, costs will skyrocket for working families & hospitals could shut their doors. Tell your Member of Congress tomorrow: lower health care costs! 1-866-584-5728
September 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tomorrow is AFSCME's Day of Action! Without funding for health care, costs will skyrocket for working families & hospitals could shut their doors. Tell your Member of Congress tomorrow: lower health care costs! 1-866-584-5728
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The energy at Tradeswomen Build Nations was electric! Tradeswomen lead the way in our labor movement, and at Tradeswomen Build Nations, they showed the power of our solidarity.
Union women get sh*t done! 💪
Union women get sh*t done! 💪
September 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The energy at Tradeswomen Build Nations was electric! Tradeswomen lead the way in our labor movement, and at Tradeswomen Build Nations, they showed the power of our solidarity.
Union women get sh*t done! 💪
Union women get sh*t done! 💪
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The UFW wishes our Jewish friends a sweet #RoshHashanah. The first institutional religious support for grape strikers came when boards of rabbis in big Eastern cities declared boycotted products non-Kosher. More @ ufw.org/roshhashanah
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The UFW wishes our Jewish friends a sweet #RoshHashanah. The first institutional religious support for grape strikers came when boards of rabbis in big Eastern cities declared boycotted products non-Kosher. More @ ufw.org/roshhashanah
@teamsters.bsky.social at the University of Minnesota are on a rolling strike across campuses. About 1,400 workers in food service & building maintenance have walked out since Monday.
They’re demanding:
📍Fair pay increases
📍A 3-year contract (UMN wants shorter)
🔗 t.co/Nh2sbP0OMX
They’re demanding:
📍Fair pay increases
📍A 3-year contract (UMN wants shorter)
🔗 t.co/Nh2sbP0OMX
https://web.archive.org/web/20250910183549/https://www.startribune.com/live-hundreds-of-university-of-minnesota-workers-picket-across-the-state/601470840
t.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@teamsters.bsky.social at the University of Minnesota are on a rolling strike across campuses. About 1,400 workers in food service & building maintenance have walked out since Monday.
They’re demanding:
📍Fair pay increases
📍A 3-year contract (UMN wants shorter)
🔗 t.co/Nh2sbP0OMX
They’re demanding:
📍Fair pay increases
📍A 3-year contract (UMN wants shorter)
🔗 t.co/Nh2sbP0OMX