Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike
Source: ABC News
January 20, 2025, 12:02 AM
Teamsters union members working at Costco Wholesale locations across the country voted to authorize a strike on Sunday, with more than 85% of members in favor of hitting the picket lines. The union represents more than 18,000 Costco employees nationally.
"Our members have spoken loud and clear -- Costco must deliver a fair contract, or they'll be held accountable," Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said in a press release Sunday.
"From day one, we've told Costco that our members won't work a day past January 31 without a historic, industry-leading agreement. Costco's greedy executives have less than two weeks to do the right thing. If they refuse, they'll have no one to blame but themselves when our members go on strike."
The union says "fair wages and benefits" are the catalyst for the strike.
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Became CEO in January 2024. I've heard he's a hardline type. Have noticed several changes at my local store that scream "micromanaging a-hole", e.g. making shoppers take everything out of their carts and put it on the conveyor belt to deter shoplifting (fine, but if I have a few large items spaced out in my cart so nothing is hiding below, it's absurd to make me take it all out although degree of enforcement varies from clerk to clerk). They're also training shoppers to use automated card scanners upon entering the store, instead of employees to check membership cards. 
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Ron Vachris President, CEO and Director
Ron M. Vachris has been a director of the Company since February 2022, and Chief Executive Officer and President since January 2024. Mr. Vachris previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2022 to January 2024. He served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising from June 2016 to January 2022, as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development from August 2015 to June 2016, and Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Northwest Region, from 2010 to July 2015. He spent the previous 28 years in various management positions in warehouse operations. Mr. Vachris’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive knowledge of the Company’s business developed over the course of his long career with the Company, particularly in the areas of operations and merchandising.
