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Schools Are Facing Shortage of 300,000 Teachers and Staff, Major Union Says
Pandemic-related stress, burnout and chronically low pay have contributed to the mass exodus of educators.
Starbucks Files “False and Absurd” Kidnapping Charges Against Unionized Workers
The union says that audio and video evidence show that the kidnapping charges are false.
Massachusetts Trader Joe’s Workers Celebrate Forming Company’s First-Ever Union
The vote is yet another win for workers who are defying the odds to unionize at national chains.
Outgoing Boris Johnson Government Passes Anti-Union Law Amid Looming Strike Wave
Since 1973, it has been illegal in the U.K. for employment agencies to farm out workers to break strikes -- until now.
Starbucks Union Starts Workers’ Fund After Firing of Over 50 Pro-Union Workers
Starbucks has reached “historic levels of union busting,” workers say.
Lululemon Workers in DC Become the Latest to Join Retail Union Wave
If they’re successful, the workers could be the first of the company’s 315 locations to unionize.
Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements
Ongoing organizing in the labor movement could have enormous implications for curbing the climate crisis.
House Staffers in 8 Offices File to Form First-Ever Congressional Unions
About 85 staffers are unionizing, including those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar.
Workers Filed More Union Petitions in 8 Months Than in Entirety of FY 2021
The National Labor Relations Board says its funding, which hasn't increased since 2014, is in dire need of a boost.
Trader Joe’s Workers Will Vote on Forming Company’s First Union This Month
The union drive is already spreading, as workers in Minneapolis also recently filed for a union election.