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Labor

The exterior of a Chipotle Mexican Grill store is shown on June 9, 2021, in Houston, Texas.
News
Economy & Labor

Maine Chipotle Workers File to Form Company’s First-Ever Union

The workers recently staged a walkout over understaffing and safety concerns.
by
Sharon Zhang,
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June 23, 2022
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Workers at the Towson Town Center Apple hold their new union T-shirts on June 18, 2022, after their store employees decided to join the International Association of Machinists Union.
News
Economy & Labor

Biden Says He’s “Proud” of Apple Workers Who Formed Company’s First Union

“Everybody’s better off” with a union, the president said.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
June 21, 2022
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Employees of an Apple retail store in Towson, Maryland, celebrate a successful vote to form a union on June 18, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

Workers in Maryland Vote to Form First Apple Store Union in US

The win comes as Amazon and Starbucks workers push for unions — and the companies are fighting back.
by
Jessica Corbett,
Common Dreams
June 20, 2022
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A protester holds a sign reading "Contract and adjunct faculty solidarity" during an outdoor protest
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

Adjunct and Tenured Faculty Must Unite to Resist Pandemic Opportunism on Campus

Administrators are still using COVID to justify the neoliberal gutting of higher education. Let’s resist together.
by
Jennifer Ruth,
Truthout
June 15, 2022
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Pat Cioffi and Christian Smalls speak in front of the Amazon the LDJ-5 warehouse on Staten Island in New York on April 24, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

Amazon Labor Union Organizer Fired From Warehouse Amid Union-Busting Campaign

Labor organizer Pasquale “Uncle Pat” Cioffi was fired days before a hearing Amazon wanted blocked from public viewing.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
June 10, 2022
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President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Economy & Labor

Trader Joe’s Workers in Massachusetts File to Form Union as Company Fights Back

The union already has the support of over half of the employees at the store, one union organizer said.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
June 8, 2022
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Picket signs are left for people to grab during the 'Fight Starbucks' Union Busting' rally and march in Seattle, Washington, on April 23, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

Workers Fight Back as Starbucks Moves to Close Unionized Shop

Workers say Starbucks management is retaliating against union efforts by moving to shut down a shop in Ithaca, New York.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
June 6, 2022
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An outside view of a Starbucks in New York City on March 8, 2022.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

Starbucks Workers United Wins in US’s Most Anti-Union City

The campaign’s remarkable victory in Greenville, South Carolina, might just be a harbinger of things to come.
by
John Logan,
Truthout
May 29, 2022
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Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West hold a picket line on day one of a weeklong planned strike at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on May 9, 2022.
News
Environment & Health

Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing

Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
by
Sarah Kwon,
Kaiser Health News
May 27, 2022
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California Correctional Center, a minimum-security state prison in northern California, is pictured on June 8, 2021, in Susanville, California.
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

In Debates Over Prison Closures, Don’t Prioritize “Economic Impact” Over Lives

Towns that rely on a system that criminalizes and cages human beings need to rethink how their economies are organized.
by
Duane Palm &
Timothy Peoples,
Truthout
May 26, 2022
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