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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.
Ithaca Starbucks Workers Call for Local Boycott After Company Closes Union Store
The company announced last week that it will soon be closing a unionized store in Ithaca, New York.
Starbucks Workers Have Now Unionized 100 Stores
Starbucks Workers United “has won an astounding 88 [percent] of elections decided so far,” the collective tweeted.
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.
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.
Labor Officials Find Amazon Threatened Pro-Union Workers With Wage Cuts
NLRB officials found the company threatened workers in captive audience meetings that they would have their wages cut.
Trader Joe’s Workers Announce New Union Effort in Letter to CEO
Despite the company’s progressive image, workers say that the company has increasingly treated them as disposable.
Starbucks Union Momentum Grows With Groundbreaking First Wins in California
The union wins signal that organizing momentum is still growing despite aggressive pushback from management.
Labor Board: Starbucks Must Reinstate 7 Workers the Company Fired in Memphis
The board also asked the courts to swiftly issue a judgment against the company to avoid further harm to the union push.
Congressional Staff Say “Cruel Ironies” of Their Jobs Make the Case for Unions
“We advocate for livable wages while qualifying for food stamps due to low pay," they wrote.