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Starbucks Asks Labor Board to Stop Ongoing Union Election in Mesa, Arizona
The company is asking the labor board to overturn a decision to conduct the election on a store-by-store basis.
REI Retail Workers in Manhattan File to Form Company’s First Union
The company touts its supposed progressive values but has already begun discouraging the union effort.
Unions Have the Potential and the Responsibility to Advance a “Just Transition”
The “jobs vs. environment” myth is rendered moot in a truly just transition, which must involve collective bargaining.
Colorado Workers’ Strike Ends as Union Reaches Tentative Agreement With Kroger
The workers will vote on the new agreement on Monday.
Three More Starbucks Locations in Buffalo Will Soon Vote on Unionization
If successful, the workers will join the two corporate-owned Starbucks locations that have already formed a union.
Sanders, Warren Demand BlackRock Intervene in Coal Strike for Fair Contract
Warrior Met workers have been on strike for nearly 10 months, protesting concessions made in 2016 contract negotiations.
Five Starbucks Locations Have Filed to Unionize Over the Past Six Days
Starbucks employees in New Jersey and Florida are the latest to join the union wave within the company.
Thousands of Workers at Kroger-Owned Grocery Stores in Colorado Are on Strike
Union members rejected the company’s latest contract offer on Tuesday.
Second Starbucks Location Unionizes as Union Wave Sweeps Stores Across the US
The Genesee Street location in Buffalo, New York, voted 15 to 9 in favor of unionization.
Starbucks Workers in Chicago, Ohio and Oregon Join Unionization Efforts
The three stores bring the total to about 16 Starbucks locations that have filed to unionize.