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Workers Sue Starbucks After Company Accused Them of Kidnapping Their Manager
Workers say they’ve experienced emotional distress over the accusation, which was dismissed by police.
Apple Is Withholding New Benefits From Its Only Unionized Store
The move comes just as a store in Oklahoma City is slated to vote on unionizing this week.
Lowe’s Workers in New Orleans Petition to Form Company’s First-Ever Union
If successful, workers for the home improvement store would be the first of the company’s 1,723 stores to form a union.
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.