union contract

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The Dodgers bumped up the guides’ pay from $17.87 to $24 an hour — the same increase they would have gotten under the scrapped union contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

“A fair union contract and the resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges are essential to the company’s turnaround,” said Jasmine Leli, a barista and strike captain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

They are voting on Friday on whether to authorize a strike, days before union contract negotiations for workers are set to resume.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Some union members emphasized that seniority was “a bedrock principle” of any union contract and allows staff members to put down roots in the community and develop sources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Incidentally he paid a visit to the home of Jake Michel and, after industrial unionism was more fully explained, Michel agreed that the craft union contract system forced scabbery upon the workers.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.