Union reports tentative agreement in grocery workers' negotiations

www.brainerddispatch.com— The labor dispute began late last year after the collective bargaining agreement ended Dec. 3, 2023.

Labor 411—Starbucks Has Begun Negotiations With Its Workers’ Union. Negotiations are underway between Starbucks and union workers. Reuters reports: “Starbucks held contract negotiations with the Workers United union over a two-day session in Atlanta, both the parties said on Friday, with plans to meet again in late May. The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations… Source

CP24—Union representing striking AGO workers says tentative deal has been reached. A month after workers at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) walked off the job, their union says a tentative deal has been reached with the gallery. In a message posted to X early Thursday, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) said a tentative deal was reached after 16 hours of bargaining that went late into the night. More than 400 AGO employees represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 walked off the job on March 26 after members rejected the art gallery’s offer. The workers...

Current—Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with writers’ union. The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, were threatening to picket outside of Sesame Workshop’s New York headquarters if a deal wasn’t reached.