Costco Teamsters vote to authorize US-wide strike with contract almost up, union says – New York Post

Teamsters said on Sunday its members at US retailer Costco Wholesale voted in favor of a nationwide strike, as they entered a final round of talks to reach a new contract ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline.The union, which represents more than 18,000 workers at Costco, said 85% of its members voted to authorize a strike.“The vote is a direct result of the company’s continued failure to bargain constructively,” the union said in a post on X, adding that the master agreement between the two parties expires on Jan. 31.Costco did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment outside regular business hours.The final week of negotiations begins on Jan. 20, the union said in another X post.

Source: https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/business/costco-teamsters-vote-to-authorize-us-wide-strike-union-says/