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Costco has raised over 30 dollars per hour to many workers.
The powerful international team stars represent about 18,000 Costco employees, about 8 % of the US workers. The union’s current collective defense agreement expired at the end of Friday, and the union members voted to approve the strike if negotiations failed.
According to the internal memo viewed by NPR, Ron Vachris, Costco’s CEO, has announced an increase in non -union workers in the next three years.
In March, the clerk and assistant at the top of the wage scale will increase $ 1 to $ 1 to $ 30.20 per hour, increasing 1 $ 1 $ 1. The wage of entry -level workers increases by 50 cents to $ 20 per hour.
Matthew McKaid, a spokesman of Costco’s Team Stars, said that the company would not raise salaries against union pressure. He represents workers in Costco locations in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Washington.
“Non -union workers are still short -circuited workers because they lack the defined benefit pension system and employment protection retirement terms of employment protection associated with the union contract,” said Mcquaid. 。
The Teamsters contract with Costco expires at midnight on Friday. Workers are calling for better wages and benefits, saying that chains should be rewarded by supporting record economic interests.
Costco representatives refused to comment. Retailers are the third largest in the world, after Walmart and Amazon.
Last year, Costco, as well, said in the year -end report that the wage was raised by $ 1 at the top of the wage scale and the 50 cents were raised to others. The wage of the chain is the highest in the retail business, and Costco has helped maintain a lower turnover rate than most rivals.
The date on Tuesday, VachRis’s memo, was named another planned change, including the vacation time for new workers in the first year.
“Costco has a simple and simple reason that Costco has chosen to provide the leading wage, and has various advantages.” We believe that our employees are the best in the retail industry. Masu.”
Last week, Costco created the news because shareholders refused to propose conservative think tanks and refused to roll back diversity of diversity. As a result, Costco was off because many US -based companies began to retreat from diversity, fairness, and comprehensive initiatives.
On Monday, 19 Republican Prosecutors of Republicans wrote a letter to Costco, which requested the company to abolish the policy within a month.
