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Starbucks Must Bargain With Hometown Union After Breaking Law, Labor Board Rules
The company has openly admitted to refusing to bargain with the store, the labor board found.
House Backs Rail Contract With 7 Days Paid Sick Leave in Concession to Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders is vowing to ensure that the sick leave proposal is voted on in the Senate.
“Every Worker Deserves Paid Sick Leave”: Progressives Rally Behind Rail Workers
The House is slated to vote on forcing the adoption of a rail contract that excludes the key union demand.
Workers Livid as Biden Urges Congress to Pass Rail Contract Without Sick Leave
“This was the ‘which side are you on?’ moment, and the White House chose the railroad bosses,” one labor reporter wrote.
Over 100 Starbucks Stores Go on Strike to Protest Company Union Busting
The strike coincides with the company’s “Red Cup Day” and is the largest coordinated action staged by the union so far.
NLRB Seeks Nationwide Court Order Barring Starbucks From Firing Union Activists
According to the union, Starbucks has gone on a firing spree and terminated 150 pro-union workers so far.
AOC Says Her Twitter Account Hasn’t Worked Properly Since She Criticized Musk
“You’re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people,” she wrote.
Labor Board Says Starbucks CEO Schultz’s Comment to Pro-Union Worker Was Illegal
“If you hate Starbucks so much, why don’t you work somewhere else?” Schultz said to a pro-union worker in April.
Labor Officials Say Amazon CEO’s Anti-Union Comments Violated Federal Labor Law
CEO Andy Jassy said in interviews earlier this year that workers are “better off” without a union.
Starbucks Walks Out of Union Contract Negotiations After Months of Delays
The sessions were supposed to kick off bargaining for stores that have been waiting for months to negotiate a contract.