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Starbucks Workers Officially Reach 200 Union Election Victories
Starbucks Workers United reached the milestone after a Cleveland, Ohio, store won a campaign on Friday.
Lululemon Workers in DC Become the Latest to Join Retail Union Wave
If they’re successful, the workers could be the first of the company’s 315 locations to unionize.
Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements
Ongoing organizing in the labor movement could have enormous implications for curbing the climate crisis.
Sanders Moves to Limit $76 Billion in “Corporate Welfare” for Microchip Industry
Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to rein in federal subsidies and tax credits to the private companies.
The Value of the Federal Minimum Wage Is at a 66-Year Low
Every day of inaction from Congress extends the longest period in history without a federal minimum wage raise.
Report: CEOs Are Driving “Greedflation,” Raising Prices to Pay Themselves More
In 2021, CEO pay rose 18.2 percent. Workers' wages rose 4.7 percent.
House Staffers in 8 Offices File to Form First-Ever Congressional Unions
About 85 staffers are unionizing, including those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar.
Despite Broken Promises From Politicians, Sex Workers Continue to Organize
Sex workers have been failed by electoral politics. Many are turning to harm reduction and mutual aid instead.
NLRB Is Understaffed and Underfunded at Critical Moment for Labor Movement
The National Labor Relations Board has not had an increase in funding since 2014.
Workers Filed More Union Petitions in 8 Months Than in Entirety of FY 2021
The National Labor Relations Board says its funding, which hasn't increased since 2014, is in dire need of a boost.