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Tesla Workers in Buffalo Are Unionizing, With Help From Starbucks Unionists
If the workers are successful, they will form the company’s first-ever union.
Employers Are Charged With Breaking Federal Labor Law in 4 in 10 Union Elections
Labor advocates say employers’ willingness to break laws in union campaigns suggests labor laws must be strengthened.
$340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Contemporary Union-Busting
Union-busting firms are teaching corporations to cynically co-opt progressive rhetoric as they crush worker organizing.
As Universities Submit to Neoliberalism and Fascism, Workers Must Fight Back
Faculty unions need to scale up organizing among academic workers to counter far right attacks on higher education.
750 Temple University Graduate Workers Walk Off the Job
Temple’s grad workers earn about $19,500 a year, while the average annual rent in Philadelphia runs about $23,000.
South Korean Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation
The raid has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor.
Strike Suspended After UIC Faculty Union Reaches Tentative Deal
The deal includes minimum salary increases and commitments to expand resources for student wellness.
Grad Students and Faculty Don’t Want to Work for Fossil Fuel Industry Anymore
University researchers should not be forced or even allowed to produce biased data for the fossil fuel industry.
Peet’s Coffee Baristas Unionize First Cafe With Help from Starbucks Workers
“Solidarity, from coffee shop to coffee shop,” Starbucks Workers United wrote ahead of the Peet's union vote.
UChicago Grad Students Fought for a Union for 15 Years. Now They May Win It.
On January 31 and February 1, the National Labor Relations Board will oversee the long-awaited union election.