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![A Starbucks Coffee shop is seen in the background as people gather at Westlake Park during the "Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march in Seattle, Washington, on April 23, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0511-starbucks-union-400x300.jpg)
Labor Board: Starbucks Must Reinstate 7 Workers the Company Fired in Memphis
The board also asked the courts to swiftly issue a judgment against the company to avoid further harm to the union push.
![Congressional aides cheer as the Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in the U.S. Capitol on April 7, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0511-staffers-capitol-400x300.jpg)
In Historic Vote, Congressional Staffers Win Right to Unionize
Congressional staffers will now be able to start forming unions on an office-by-office basis.
![Capitol Hill staffers wait outside of a Senate weekly Democratic Party policy luncheon on February 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0510-staffers-400x300.jpg)
Congressional Staff Say “Cruel Ironies” of Their Jobs Make the Case for Unions
“We advocate for livable wages while qualifying for food stamps due to low pay," they wrote.
![The Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue, the first company-owned store of the chain to unionize, photographed in Buffalo, New York, on November 16, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1239118767-400x300.jpg)
Starbucks Broke the Law More than 200 Times in Campaign to Bust Buffalo Union
“This complaint fully unmasks Starbucks' facade as a 'progressive company,'” said Starbucks Workers United.
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at an event to raise awareness of the Child Tax Credit, in Los Angeles, California, on July 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1233995710-400x300.jpg)
Expanding Child Tax Credit Improved Kids’ Lives. Congress Should Do It Again.
An expanded Child Tax Credit would acknowledge and support the work that mothers do every day.
![People hold signs during the "Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march in Seattle, Washington, on April 23, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0506-starbucks-union-400x300.jpg)
Starbucks Hit With Lawsuit From Labor Board Over Anti-Union Employee Guidelines
There are 19 sections of the company’s employee handbook that violate labor laws, the labor board found.
![A large Now Hiring advertisement is pictured on the windows of the Advance Auto Parts store in Bay Shore, New York, on March 24, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0506-now-hiring-400x300.jpg)
Labor Force Participation Continues Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels
While the economy added 428,000 jobs in April, however, overall wage growth showed signs of slowing last month.
![Congressional staffers eat by the reflecting pool during the 36th annual Capitol Hill ice cream party on June 6, 2018, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0506-congressional-staffers-400x300.jpg)
The House Will Vote Next Week on Allowing Its Staffers to Unionize
The Congressional Workers Union, which has been organizing for over a year, is urging members to vote “yes.”
![Elon Musk and his mother Maye Musk arrive for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0505-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
As Over a Million Have Died of COVID, US Billionaires Have Gained $1.7 Trillion
The $1.71 trillion wealth gain alone could pay off nearly the entirety of student loans owed by the public.
![Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, testifies during the Senate Budget Committee hearing titled Should Taxpayer Dollars Go to Companies that Violate Labor Laws? in Dirksen Building on May 5, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0505-christian-smalls-400x300.jpg)
“That’s a Fact”: Amazon Union’s Smalls Lambasts Anti-Union Senators in Hearing
“You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate,” said organizer Christian Smalls.