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![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the Arthur Ashe Junior Athletic Center on February 27, 2020, in Richmond, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0224-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Hails Starbucks Organizers for Their “Courage” Against Union Busting
Sanders said that the workers are an “inspiration” as they shared their experiences with the company’s union busting.
![Starbucks coffee shop logo seen at one of their stores in Perrysburg, Ohio, on November 12, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0223-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Labor Board Formally Rejects Starbucks’s Tactic to Delay Union Elections
The decision makes it harder for the company to argue that union elections should be held regionally in the future.
![Kaiser Permanente nurses and workers stage an informational picket outside of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on November 10, 2021, in San Francisco, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0222_kaiser-strike-400x300.jpg)
“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.
![Supporters hold pro-union signs in support of workers of two Seattle Starbucks locations that announced plans to unionize, during an evening rally at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle, Washington, January 25, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0222-starbucks-union-400x300.jpg)
Over 100 Starbucks Locations Have Filed for Unionization
The number of unionizing stores has doubled in just three weeks, according to Starbucks Workers United.
![Starbucks logo in the window of a store](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1362765546-400x300.jpg)
How Starbucks Workers Turned the Tables on Union Busters
Starbucks workers are being forced to attend union-busting meetings with managers, but they're coming prepared.
![Employees stand in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 3, 2019, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0218-apple-store-400x300.jpg)
Apple Store Employees Are Reportedly Unionizing
Managers have begun pulling employees aside to feed them anti-union propaganda, employees say.
![REI's flagship New York store stands in Lower Manhattan on January 25, 2022 in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0216-soho-rei-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Banner image from Starbucks's We Are One Starbucks website.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0214-one-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Starbucks Launches Propaganda-Filled Anti-Union Website
The website comes after the company fired several organizers in Memphis last week.
![Rep. Donald Norcross speaks during a press conference advocating for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on February 5, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0211-pro-act-norcross-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A Starbucks coffee shop's sign is seen on June 11, 2021, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0209-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
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.