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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.
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.