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Unions

Trader Joe's front entrance in Santa Maria, California.
News
Economy & Labor

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.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 16, 2022
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Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West started a weeklong strike at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on May 9, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Resident Physicians Are Unionizing. They Must Challenge For-Profit Health Care.

Physicians need to see how exploitative working conditions stem from a system constantly looking to increase profits.
by
Mike Pappas,
Left Voice
May 15, 2022
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The Starbucks logo is displayed in the window of a Starbucks Coffee shop on January 24, 2019, in San Francisco, California.
News
Economy & Labor

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.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
May 12, 2022
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Congressional aides cheer as the Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in the U.S. Capitol on April 7, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

In Historic Vote, Congressional Staffers Win Right to Unionize

Congressional staffers will now be able to start forming unions on an office-by-office basis.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 11, 2022
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Capitol Hill staffers wait outside of a Senate weekly Democratic Party policy luncheon on February 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
News
Economy & Labor

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.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 10, 2022
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People hold signs during the "Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march in Seattle, Washington, on April 23, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

Starbucks Hit With Lawsuit From Labor Board Over Anti-Union Employee Guidelines

There are 19 sections of the company’s employee handbook that violate labor laws, the labor board found.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 6, 2022
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Congressional staffers eat by the reflecting pool during the 36th annual Capitol Hill ice cream party on June 6, 2018, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
News
Economy & Labor

The House Will Vote Next Week on Allowing Its Staffers to Unionize

The Congressional Workers Union, which has been organizing for over a year, is urging members to vote “yes.”
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 6, 2022
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Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, testifies during the Senate Budget Committee hearing titled Should Taxpayer Dollars Go to Companies that Violate Labor Laws? in Dirksen Building on May 5, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

“That’s a Fact”: Amazon Union’s Smalls Lambasts Anti-Union Senators in Hearing

“You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate,” said organizer Christian Smalls.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 5, 2022
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Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz speaks at the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders at McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington, on March 21, 2018.
News
Economy & Labor

Starbucks Announces Wage Raises — But Only for Stores That Aren’t Unionizing

The union has filed charges with the labor board over the move, which is potentially illegal.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 4, 2022
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Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls at a rally on the eve of the union election for the LDJ5 Amazon sorting center on April 24, 2022, in Staten Island, New York. Smalls successfully organized the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center across the street, making it the first Amazon warehouse to unionize.
News
Economy & Labor

Labor Leaders Vow United Front Against Amazon Amid New Warehouse Union Election

Workers at the LDJ5 Amazon sorting center voted 618-380 against unionization, according to a final NLRB tally.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
May 2, 2022
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