Tag: UFCW Local 655
UFCW 655 members reject first Goodwill contract, authorize strike
93% voted to reject the offer, but pickets did not immediately go up; talks to resume April 16
Festus, MO – Picket lines at the...
3-week strike at McKesson ends, helped by solidarity of strikers and...
O’Fallon, MO – A three-week strike at McKesson Pharmaceutical has ended with an improved contract, management that understands and has committed to improve employee...
How ‘great men’ bust unions
By DAVID A. COOK
President
By the time you read this, we may know the outcome of the massive organizing effort at an Amazon warehouse in...
Workers win
By DAVID A. COOK
President
A few weeks ago, I used this space to tell you about workers at McKesson Pharmaceutical and their newly established picket...
UFCW Local 655 members strike at McKesson
O’Fallon, MO – UFCW Local 655 members are on strike at McKesson Corp. over low pay, forced overtime and a lack respect on the...
McKesson strike
By DAVID A. COOK
President
As I write these words, the men and women of McKesson Corporation in O’Fallon are standing on a picket line. For...
UFCW 655 files unfair labor charges against MERS Goodwill for withholding...
Retaliating against workers who voted to join union, MERS gave raise to all employees but them
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
UFCW Local 655 has filed unfair labor...
No Goodwill
By DAVID A. COOK
President
I was hoping to write this under different circumstances. Two weeks ago, I used this space to explain how Goodwill —...
MERS Goodwill stalls Local 655 recognition with charges against the NLRB
Uses Giuliani-like argument: they couldn’t ‘see’ all votes being counted
In what can only be described as a bizarre turn of events, MERS Goodwill has...
UFCW introduces Louis Reed for St. Louis mayor
WITH UFCW LOCAL 655 SUPPORTING LOUIS REED for St. Louis mayor in the upcoming March 2 primary, Local 655 President David Cook last week...