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Black union organizers say, "It's scarier to petition for a union in the South."
Across the country, workers who have led unionization efforts have faced great consequences. Howeve…
DeArbea Walker
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Starbucks union organizers react to Howard Schultz return as CEO
Starbucks called in Schultz to speak to workers ahead of the first union votes in Buffalo in 2021, …
Mary Meisenzahl
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A Starbucks union worker who met with President Biden called it 'a really proud moment.' Her employer was 'deeply concerned' no company rep was invited.
Laura Garza, a 22-year Starbucks vet, was one of six union organizers who met with Biden as part of…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon says New York union organizers gave workers weed to help secure unionization votes
The claim features among dozens of objections filed by Amazon in its bid to overturn a vote to form…
Sam Tabahriti
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As Amazon and Starbucks workers notch major union wins, UBS says we're in a labor environment 'not seen for decades'
While UBS says it's "too early to declare pro unionization a trend," businesses are taking notice o…
Juliana Kaplan
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Apple retail workers in Atlanta file for a union election, a first
Workers at Apple's Cumberland Mall location have filed for a union election. If successful, they'd …
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden's top labor lawyer is pushing for a change that could make it easier for workers to join a union — and achieve one of the movement's biggest goals
Right now, employers don't have to recognize employees who want to form a union before a full-on vo…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon's first warehouse union marked the true turning point towards 'real change' for workers, says a labor-history professor
Christian Smalls went from getting fired by Amazon to kickstarting the labor movement. It's a tippi…
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet the doctors unionizing and walking out for better conditions: 'There's this growing sentiment that we can do better'
For the past two years, doctors have been on the forefront of the pandemic. Now, some physicians ar…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon union organizers are reportedly feuding less than a year after a New York location voted to unionize
Some Amazon Union organizers told the The New York Times that they have yet to secure a contract an…
Aaron Mok
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'I'd really prefer it if he stayed out of our way': Starbucks union organizers lash out at CEO's promise to work behind the counter
Starbucks union organizers aren't buying new CEO Laxman Narasimhan's plan to work behind the counte…
Aidan Pollard
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New York City sues Starbucks on claims the company illegally fired a Queens barista for union organizing
"Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organ…
Bethany Biron
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Meet the Biden labor lawyer who wants to crack down on companies making workers sit through anti-union meetings
Bosses can make you sit through an anti-union meeting. Jennifer Abruzzo, a key labor lawyer appoint…
Juliana Kaplan
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The NLRB accused Amazon of illegally threatening, surveilling, and interrogating workers over union organizing at a New York warehouse
The complaint alleged that Amazon brought in a consultant who told workers that union organizers we…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The year workers said 'no'
In the thick of the pandemic, workers were left to fend for themselves. Now they've learned how to …
Juliana Kaplan
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These 8 non-union worker organizations are quietly leading the new labor movement
Many of these workers aren't represented under the National Labor Relations Act, a 1935 law that se…
Allana Akhtar
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Schools are struggling to feed kids lunch, and Biden has a solution: Cafeteria workers should be full-time and unionized
Research showed the median unionized worker made almost $200 more a week compared to their peers. B…
Juliana Kaplan
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President Biden says Amazon union organizer Christian Smalls is his 'kind of trouble' and 'let's not stop'
"I like you, you're my kind of trouble," President Biden told Christian Smalls, the creator of the …
Juliana Kaplan
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A surge in retail union organizing is the surest sign yet that workers are fed up
From the financial crisis to COVID, corporations have profited while workers sacrificed. Now, they'…
Avery Hartmans
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Congressional Workers Union launches organizing effort as Pelosi and Schumer say they support Capitol Hill staffers' unionization efforts
"Next week we will take legislative action to afford congressional staff the freedom to form a unio…