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Too radical or not radical enough? US’s top labor lawyer in the spotlight

Jennifer Abruzzo would like to ease the path to forming unions and curb employers’ coercion and intimidation

The Guardian - US

Starbucks workers in North Park vote to unionize

The store becomes the sixth in the Chicago area to affiliate with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

Chicago Sun-Times

NLRB orders mine workers union to pay coal company over $13M

A federal oversight board is ordering the United Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an Alabama coal company where members have been on strike for more than a year

The Independent UK

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NLRB dismisses Starbucks charge against union organizers

The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge Starbucks filed against union organizers in Phoenix

The Independent UK

Big Labor's Covert Plan To Kill Union Elections

Union partisans in the Biden administration want to bypass Congress and enact controversial labor policies by dusting off rejected 1940s-era legal theories.

Reason

A New York Starbucks abruptly closed – was it retaliation for a union drive?

Workers in Ithaca say closure represents pure opposition from Starbucks, whose CEO says he will ‘never embrace the union’

The Guardian - US

Baltimore-area Apple and Starbucks workers have led the way in nation and state forming unions. Now what?

Workers at the Apple store in Towson, Maryland, won national attention and praise from President Joe Biden after becoming the first of the tech giant’s U.S. employees to unionize. Less than two months earlier, Starbucks baristas in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood became the first of the coffee chain’s Maryland employees…

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NLRB's top prosecutor seeks big changes, faces uphill battle

As workers at major companies increasingly move to unionize, the political environment for labor couldn’t be more ripe

The Independent UK

Inside the marathon Zoom call where Amazon seeks to overturn historic union victory

With the existence of a grass roots union at stake, the National Labor Relations Board is considering Amazon's objections to the Amazon Labor Union's historic victory.

WEKU

Maryland Apple store workers face hurdles after their vote to unionize

Workers at a Maryland Apple store voted to form a union. But forming a union is a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers.

WEKU

Workers at US abortion rights groups seek unions to prepare for post-Roe care

Clinic employees say more staffing and resources will be needed to manage an expected influx of out-of-state patients

The Guardian - US

Starbucks baristas vote to unionize another Chicago cafe

Baristas at a Starbucks in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood voted nearly unanimously to unionize Tuesday, making their store the fourth unionized Starbucks in the city.

Chicago Tribune

Bucktown Starbucks workers back union drive

Employees at the 2101 W. Armitage Ave. store are the fifth group in the Chicago area to join a nationwide organizing drive.

Chicago Sun-Times

A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms

The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.

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The Independent UK

NLRB denies Amazon's ask to close union hearing to public

A federal labor board has denied Amazon's request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid to overturn a historic union win at one of its Staten Island, New York, warehouses

The Independent UK

7 fired Starbucks workers celebrate union vote in Memphis

Seven employees of a Tennessee Starbucks who were fired after starting unionization efforts have claimed victory after their Memphis store voted to join a wave of U.S. locations of the coffee chain that have decided to organize

Chicago Sun-Times

Union loses 2 of 3 elections at Starbucks in Chicago

The votes mark an unusual setback for a campaign led by Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union, that has spread across the country.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago is seeing a wave of union activity. Among the reasons: Workers ‘saw the willingness of their bosses to let them die.’

Last year, Brick Zurek, a shift supervisor at a Starbucks in Chicago's Loop, found working conditions at the store becoming increasingly untenable.

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Seattle Art Museum's security guards vote to form a union

The Seattle Art Museum's security workers voted to form an independent union in a 38-4 majority vote Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Union sees grounds for organizing at Intelligentsia Coffee

Local 1220 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is seeking to represent the chain’s employees in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Workers at two Edgewater Starbucks stores vote to unionize — first in Chicago for coffee giant

Organizers say workers at two locations in Edgewater have affiliated with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union, in an ongoing national campaign.

The Independent UK

Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining

It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores

Benzinga

Cannabis Workers At New Jersey's Wonderland Smoke Shop Chain Looking To Unionize, Who's Next?

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by the employees of Wonderland Smoke Shop, becoming the first cannabis accessories business to formally ask the NLRB to conduct an election to unionize.

Los Angeles Times

Quality assurance workers at Activision Blizzard subsidiary unionize, a first at a major US gaming company

A small group of quality assurance workers at an Activision Blizzard-owned game studio have unionized, marking the arrival of the first labor union at a major U.S. gaming company.

WEKU

In major video game company first, Activision Blizzard employees are joining a union

A subset of staff at the massive video game company Activision Blizzard voted to join the Communication Workers of America. The vote comes as Activision Blizzard is being purchased by Microsoft.

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