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

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....