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Wage Growth Slows Even as Unemployment Ticks Back Down to 3.5 Percent
Wages have grown at a pace consistent with the Fed’s inflation target.
Starbucks Union Organizer Says He Was Fired for Wearing Suicide Awareness Pin
He says that he wore the pin in honor of a coworker who died by suicide earlier this year.
Sanders, Warren Slam Starbucks for “Unethical and Unlawful” Union Busting
The lawmakers torched the company for withholding wage and benefits increases to union members.
Amazon Suspends at Least 50 Workers in Response to Protest Over Warehouse Fire
Workers had refused to return to work after a fire broke out in a compactor in the warehouse.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Wage Work Stoppage in Protest After Fire Breaks Out
Amazon Labor Union says that over 650 workers waged a work stoppage in protest of unsafe working conditions.
Workers Have Held More Strikes So Far in 2022 Than in All of 2021, Data Finds
Workers have waged close to 300 strikes this year so far, compared to about 260 strikes last year.
Ilhan Omar and Ro Khanna’s Offices Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize
The union says that staffers in other offices have expressed an interest in unionizing.
GEICO Is Trying to Crush Workers’ Attempts to Form an Independent Union
GEICO United is attempting to organize 2,600 employees of the insurance giant in Buffalo, New York.
Corporations Are Spending a Ton to Stop Low-Wage Workers From Unionizing
Multibillion-dollar companies are spending thousands a day to defeat attempts by their low-paid workers to organize.
San Francisco Airport Workers End Strike After Pay Victory
The three-day strike resulted in a tentative deal including raises and improved health care benefits.