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Judge Orders Starbucks to Reinstate 7 Fired Pro-Union Workers in Memphis
The ruling is a major win for the union, which had rallied against the firing of the “Memphis Seven.”
Maine Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union Despite Right-Wing Push to Decertify It
In a landslide 1,108-to-387 vote, the nurses voted to remain unionized, affirming the results of their 2021 election.
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Albany File Petition to Unionize
If workers are successful, they could form the company’s second-ever union.
Starbucks Asks for All Union Elections in Its Stores to Be Temporarily Halted
Starbucks alleges that union elections have been unfairly skewed against the company.
Second Trader Joe’s Has Voted to Unionize With Landslide Win
Workers voted to join Trader Joe’s United, an independent union, by a 55 to 5 vote.
Video Game and Tech Workers Are Putting Unions at Play in Their Industries
A nationwide wave of organizing in games and tech is underway.
Starbucks Files “False and Absurd” Kidnapping Charges Against Unionized Workers
The union says that audio and video evidence show that the kidnapping charges are false.
Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse.
Activists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
Hundreds of California Farmworkers Are Marching for Union Voting Rights
The marchers are demanding better legal protections against voter suppression by employers in union elections.
GOP Introduces Bill That Makes It Easier to Fire Workers at Federal Agencies
One policy expert described the bill as part of “an effort to gear up a major assault on the federal employment system.”