Kenneth Quinnell

Members of Machinists (IAM) Local 933 reached a tentative agreement Sunday with Raytheon, covering approximately 1,000 members in Tucson, Arizona. The Raytheon workers manufacture missiles and other advanced arms vital to the U.S. military. These members must still vote to approve the contract, which includes pay increases of 4%, 3.5% and 3.25% over the next three years, a $3,000 ratification bonus, pension and other improvements.

Working people in Detroit took to the streets Thursday with the March for Workers’ Rights and Economic Justice, showing that Detroit is “Strike City.” The name Strike City was popularized as 45,000 workers have recently gone on strike.

Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 working at the Lipton Tea plant in Suffolk, Virginia, ratified a strong new four-year contract. The new agreement provides an 18% wage increase over a three-year period, increases safety requirements, adds an employee assistance plan and provides other improvements.

The Dropkick Murphys (pictured above, in the back row alongside some union members) dropped by the Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple on Saturday to meet with union members and their families before putting on an incredible concert in Fargo, North Dakota. The North Dakota AFL-CIO thanks the band for its steadfast support of working people and unions.