“The company finally began disclosing information this month.

“Whether employment will be retained will be high on the agenda in future negotiations with management,” Teraoka said. The labor union, which organizes about 4,000 employees including part-timers, said Sogo & Seibu will be unable to continue business as a department store operator and it is unclear whether jobs will be protected under the sales plan. Sogo & Seibu’s labor union has questioned the plan and has been negotiating with Seven & i. and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd., attended the news conference in a show of support.įortress Investment plans to have Yodobashi Holdings Co., its partner, open a large camera and consumer electronics store inside the Seibu Ikebukuro main store. Senior members of labor unions at rival department stores, such as Takashimaya Co. “We cannot tell what will happen next or when.” “Seven & i has made prominent moves,” Yasuhiro Teraoka, chairman of the labor union, told a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. Now, members appointed from Sogo & Seibu only account for six of the 13-member board. It has also installed six members on Sogo & Seibu’s board. Seven & i replaced Sogo & Seibu President Takuji Hayashi, who was reluctant about the sale, on Aug. It inked a contract with Fortress Investment in November and originally planned to sell the subsidiary in February. Seven & i has been under pressure from shareholders to sell money-losing Sogo & Seibu. Sogo & Seibu said it will consider its response and options including closing the store altogether or partially on Aug. If the walkout proceeds as planned, it would be the first at a major department store since the one at Hanshin Department Store in 1962, according to UA Zensen, a trade union representing workers in various industries. 28 that it notified the company that about 900 employees will go on a full-day strike at the flagship department store in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward if Seven & i proceeds with the sale. 31.Ī labor union of Sogo & Seibu said on Aug. investment fund, at a board meeting as early as Aug. is expected to decide on the sale of subsidiary Sogo & Seibu Co.

31, which would be the first strike at a major department store in Japan in more than 60 years. The national master agreement will go into effect when it is renegotiated and ratified, Teamsters said.Employees at the Seibu Ikebukuro main store in Tokyo are threatening to stage a walkout on Aug. One agreement covering roughly 170 Florida union members was not ratified. In addition to the national master agreement, the union also said more than 40 supplemental agreements were ratified. Anaheim, California-based package handler Jose Francisco Negrete, who has been working at UPS for 25 years, called the $21 an hour that new part-time hires will earn 'poverty pay.' He had been part of a contingent of workers calling for a $25 hourly minimum for part-timers. Not all workers are happy with the deal, though.

Protections including in-vehicle air conditioning and cargo ventilation.

Wage increases will reach $7.50 an hour over the length of the contract

New part-time hires at UPS will start at $21 per hour and advance to $23 per hour.

Both full- and part-time UPS workers who are union members will get $2.75 more per hour in wages in 2023.

Here's some of what UPS workers are getting in the new contract: Teamsters general secretary-treasurer Fred Zuckerman called the new five-year contract the 'richest' he'd seen in 40 years.

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