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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.
In a Year, Amazon Disciplined Workers 13,000 Times at Now-Unionized Warehouse
That’s an average of 2.5 disciplinary notes for every one of the 5,300 workers employed at the warehouse at the time.
Wages Set to Avoid Price-Spiral as Private-Sector Jobs Surpass Pre-Pandemic Rate
The Fed’s plans for aggressive rate hikes are based on a concern for a 1970s-type wage-price spiral.
Trader Joe’s Workers Will Vote on Forming Company’s First Union This Month
The union drive is already spreading, as workers in Minneapolis also recently filed for a union election.
Workers at Over 300 Starbucks Locations Have Filed to Unionize
Over 5,000 Starbucks workers have now unionized with Starbucks Workers United, according to some counts.
Maine Chipotle Workers File to Form Company’s First-Ever Union
The workers recently staged a walkout over understaffing and safety concerns.
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.