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Workers at Over 100 Facilities Have Contacted Amazon Union in Just 1 Week
If Amazon Labor Union’s count is accurate, that represents about 10 percent of the company’s facilities.
Labor Officials Find Starbucks Illegally Fired 7 Union Organizers in Memphis
The “Memphis Seven,” terminated in February, consisted of nearly the entire organizing committee at their store.
Labor History Belongs to Us All: New Book Explores Forgotten Heroes of Movement
“People have always been fighting to make things better, and that fight has never been easy,” says author Kim Kelly.
Senate Cafeteria Workers Successfully Defend Jobs and Push Dems to Back Them
Democratic lawmakers responded after the workers organized to demand no layoffs, fair wages and a strong union contract.
Starbucks Workers Have Filed to Unionize 200 Stores
Workers have doubled the number of successfully unionized stores from 6 to 13 over the past few weeks.
Labor Board’s Top Counsel Argues Anti-Union Meetings Are “Inherently” Illegal
Captive audience meetings are often employed by union busters to feed workers anti-union messaging.
Union Filings Have Increased 57 Percent in the Last Six Months, Labor Board Says
The labor board says that the increase in filings is evidence that the agency’s dwindling budget needs to be increased.
Amazon Is Relentless But It Isn’t Invincible: 5 Lessons From the Union Victory
The future of the labor movement may be in worker-led self-organization, as Amazon and Starbucks victories have shown.
Amazon Workers at Over 50 Buildings Have Contacted the Union About Organizing
New York Amazon workers’ win on Friday is already having an impact on workers nationwide.
Amazon Will Ban Words Like “Union,” “Living Wage” in Worker App, Documents Find
Leaked documents show Amazon plans to ban some words relating to unionization in a new internal messaging platform.