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“Year of the Worker”: 2021 Saw Over 3 Million Strike Days With 140K Participants
The most common reason to go on strike last year was for better pay, researchers found.
Over 100 Starbucks Locations Have Filed for Unionization
The number of unionizing stores has doubled in just three weeks, according to Starbucks Workers United.
Apple Store Employees Are Reportedly Unionizing
Managers have begun pulling employees aside to feed them anti-union propaganda, employees say.
Unionizing REI Workers Launch Petition to Combat Company’s Intimidation Campaign
The company has been sending executives to hold captive anti-union meetings with unionizing workers.
Starbucks Launches Propaganda-Filled Anti-Union Website
The website comes after the company fired several organizers in Memphis last week.
Defeating Vaccine Apartheid Will Require Unions That Fight Global Inequality
If labor truly believes that “an injury to one is an injury to all,” it must build support for global vaccination.
Labor Caucus Calls for Passage of PRO Act to Stop Starbucks’s Union Busting
The PRO Act is a sweeping bill that would crack down on union-busting tactics.
Levin Files Legislation to Approve Congress Workers’ Union With 130 Cosponsors
The Congressional Workers Union praised the resolution, noting that Congress members should live up to their own ideals.
Starbucks Fires Seven Union Organizers in Memphis, Sparking Outrage
The union has filed a complaint with the labor board saying that the move is illegal.
Manchin Says He’s Skeptical of Congressional Workers’ Union Drive
Manchin said that staffers are “working for tax dollars” – and that, like him, they are there to serve the people.