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Union Busting
Starbucks Kept List of Pro-Union Employees to Punish, Ex-Manager Says
Managers at the company would comb over employees’ records for nonunion-related infractions, he testified.
Workers Make $1.3 Million More Through Their Careers When They’re in a Union
This is more than the lifetime salary premium that typically comes with a college degree, researchers found.
California Amazon Workers File to Join Amazon Labor Union
The Moreno Valley Amazon warehouse workers are the first Amazon workers in California to seek to unionize.
Starbucks Union Organizer Says He Was Fired for Wearing Suicide Awareness Pin
He says that he wore the pin in honor of a coworker who died by suicide earlier this year.
Sanders, Warren Slam Starbucks for “Unethical and Unlawful” Union Busting
The lawmakers torched the company for withholding wage and benefits increases to union members.
Amazon Suspends at Least 50 Workers in Response to Protest Over Warehouse Fire
Workers had refused to return to work after a fire broke out in a compactor in the warehouse.
GEICO Is Trying to Crush Workers’ Attempts to Form an Independent Union
GEICO United is attempting to organize 2,600 employees of the insurance giant in Buffalo, New York.
Corporations Are Spending a Ton to Stop Low-Wage Workers From Unionizing
Multibillion-dollar companies are spending thousands a day to defeat attempts by their low-paid workers to organize.
Biden Promised “Good-Paying Union Jobs,” But It Will Take Organizing to Get Them
Activists are poised to leverage and expand the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions to protect workers’ rights.
Unionized Boston Starbucks Workers Celebrate Win After 64-Day Strike
Management conceded to workers’ main demand after they picketed 24 hours a day for two months, workers say.