Labor unions
Starbucks alleges baristas union intimidated workers in new complaints with the labor board
Michelle Eisen, a barista at the Buffalo, NY, Elmwood Starbucks location, the first Starbuck location to unionize, helps out the local Starbucks Workers United, employees of a local Starbucks, as they gather at a local union hall to cast votes to unionize or not, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. Ross D. Franklin | […]
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Apple retail union organizers want workers to be paid at least $30 per hour
Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Workers who hope to organize a union at Apple’s Grand Central Terminal store want workers to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour, according to a website for the group, Fruit Stand Workers […]
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Apple workers at New York’s Grand Central store take steps to unionize
People shop in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 29, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal retail store in New York City are taking steps to unionize, teeing up a potential labor battle with the iPhone maker. Organizers, who have dubbed […]
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Biden pollster GSG is ‘deeply sorry’ for Amazon anti-union work as labor groups abandon it
Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York, October 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Top labor groups and political action committees are distancing themselves from a major Democratic pollster after it was revealed that the firm worked on Amazon’s anti-labor efforts at a warehouse on New York’s […]
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Amazon warehouse workers suffer serious injuries at twice the rate of rivals, study finds
An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Amazon warehouse workers in the U.S. suffered serious injuries at twice the rate of rival companies in 2021, according to a new study. There were 6.8 serious injuries for every 100 Amazon warehouse workers. That’s more than twice the rate of all other employers in the warehouse industry, which had […]
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Covid upended the labor market, and now these workers are using their leverage to push for unions
Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon’s JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. March 25, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The Covid pandemic pushed Americans to reconsider how and where they work, resulting in a tight labor market, rising wages and what’s […]
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Seattle Starbucks location unanimously votes in favor of unionizing, a first in the company’s hometown
Starbucks Barista Gianna Reeve, part of the organizing committee in Buffalo, New York, speaks in support of workers at Seattle Starbucks locations that announced plans to unionize, during a rally at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle, Washington on January 25, 2022. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks baristas at a Seattle location on […]
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