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Unions

Picket signs are left for people to grab during the 'Fight Starbucks' Union Busting' rally and march in Seattle, Washington, on April 23, 2022.
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Economy & Labor

Workers Fight Back as Starbucks Moves to Close Unionized Shop

Workers say Starbucks management is retaliating against union efforts by moving to shut down a shop in Ithaca, New York.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
June 6, 2022
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A woman walks by a starbucks location
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Economy & Labor

Starbucks Union Scores First Unanimous Win in the South

The store was the first in the South to vote unanimously in favor of unionizing, according to Starbucks Workers United.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 31, 2022
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A Starbucks store in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, on February 10, 2022.
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Economy & Labor

Starbucks Workers Have Now Unionized 100 Stores

Starbucks Workers United “has won an astounding 88 [percent] of elections decided so far,” the collective tweeted.
by
Andrea Germanos,
Common Dreams
May 30, 2022
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An outside view of a Starbucks in New York City on March 8, 2022.
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Economy & Labor

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.
by
John Logan,
Truthout
May 29, 2022
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Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West hold a picket line on day one of a weeklong planned strike at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on May 9, 2022.
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Environment & Health

Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing

Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
by
Sarah Kwon,
Kaiser Health News
May 27, 2022
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Economy & Labor

Graduate Student Workers Across the Country Are Helping Each Other Unionize

The interconnectedness of the movement across far-flung campuses is fueling a cascade of wins in unionization campaigns.
by
Ella Fassler,
Truthout
May 22, 2022
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Amazon and union workers attend rally outside the company building on April 24, 2022, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.
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Economy & Labor

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.
by
Sharon Zhang,
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May 20, 2022
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Trader Joe's front entrance in Santa Maria, California.
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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.
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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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