#strike-authorization

#strike-authorization

MIAMI -- New York Liberty star and WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart said the players' association and WNBA will not agree to another collective bargaining agreement extension after the deadline passes Friday. The two parties instead will enter a period of "status quo," in which the current CBA would be maintained, and the league and union can continue negotiating. "We are not coming to an agreement by tomorrow, I can tell you that," Stewart said Thursday after practice at Unrivaled. "We're just going to continue to negotiate in good faith."

Starbucks Workers United, the union representing more than 12,000 workers across 650 stores nationwide, is planning to picket and stage rallies outside 60 locations of the coffee chain this weekend. Seventy rallies and pickets will take place from today through November 1, the union said. Today the union will begin voting on a work strike authorization, stemming from demands for new contracts that address better staffing hours, higher pay, and "resolution for hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges," according to the union.

The union's contract is scheduled to expire at midnight Tuesday, with ongoing negotiations aiming to prevent a strike as Legal Aid's offer was deemed inadequate.