Starbucks, Amazon worker strikes follow active year of labor unrest

Workers at Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) stores on Friday began a five-day strike to protest the lack of progress in contract negotiations with the coffee chain. The walkouts came a day after the Teamsters union said workers at seven Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivery hubs would go on strike.

These actions follow an active year for work stoppages as employees sought higher pay and other concessions from corporate management. Some of the more notable strikes included ones at these companies:

Lufthansa (OTCQX:DLAKF) (OTCQX:DLAKY)

Strikes by thousands of the German airline’s ground staff and airport workers disrupted travel. The Ver.di union sought a 12.5% pay raise, or at least 500 euros ($539) more a month, for about 25,000 employees.

ASC Ltd.

Workers at Australian state-owned submarine builder this year initiated a series of strikes beginning in May.

ArcelorMittal (MT) (OTCPK:AMSYF)

Workers at the steelmaker’s site in Michoaca, Mexico, initiated strikes to protest a yearly profit distribution plan as inadequate.

Aer Lingus

Pilots at the Irish airline staged a strike as part of a dispute over pay, leading to the cancellation of flights.

Bombardier (OTCQX:BDRBF) (OTCQX:BDRAF)

Aircraft assembly workers at Bombardier’s plant in Ontario went on strike to protest a labor contract as inadequate.

Samsung Electronics (OTCPK:SSNLF)

Union members in South Korea went on strike to pressure the electronics company to offer better pay and benefits.

SAG-AFTRA video game artists

Members of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists started striking against American video game companies. The union members sought to prevent video game companies from training generative AI to reproduce an actor’s voice or likeness.

AT&T (T)

A four-week strike by 17,000 union workers in the Southeast ended with an agreement on a five-year contract that provides wage hikes of more than 19%.

Boeing (BA)

About 33,000 machinists returned to work in November after a seven-week strike that resulted in a new four-year labor deal.

Marathon Petroleum (MPC)

Workers for the independent refiner went on strike for three months. The Teamsters union representing the 275 workers reached a seven-year collective bargaining agreement with Marathon.