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Biden Says He’s “Proud” of Apple Workers Who Formed Company’s First Union
“Everybody’s better off” with a union, the president said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
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.
NLRB: Starbucks Must Recognize Union in Store After Violating Law Over 200 Times
Requests for bargaining orders are rare, and the move is a show of how egregious Starbucks’s union busting has been.