Costco is raising pay for most workers as a Friday night deadline looms on a new contract with its unionized employees.

Costco just announced that all employees at its non-union stores will get a pay raise a day before employees at its 50 unionized stores are set to go on strike.

An estimated 18,000 Costco employees are members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and 85% of them voted to strike.

The clock is ticking for Issaquah-based Costco and the Teamsters Union to reach an agreement over a new contract for about 18,000 workers across the country.

It's been a busy week for the superstore. Costco's CEO has announced a significant pay increase for most of its workers in the United States, with the highest tier of hourly employees set to earn more than $30 an hour.

Costco Teamsters members voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a new contract don't result in a new deal by Jan. 31.

DEI isn’t the only trouble facing a nationwide wholesaler as 18,000 union employees threaten to walk off the job as a contract dead nears. Threats of boycotts […]

Your local Costco location may be short-staffed or outright closed starting next month, as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents 18,000 Costco workers nationwide ...

An estimated 18,000 Costco employees are members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and 85% of them voted to strike. Although the employees at the Costco Warehouse in Visalia are not ...

The majority vote came amid the final round of contract negotiations between Costco and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Reuters said. If there is a strike, Michigan customers likely ...

This story was originally published on Supermarketnews.

Costco Wholesale announced a significant pay raise for its non-union employees, just one day before contract talks with unionized workers were set to reach a critical point, according to Bloomberg. Starting this year,