workers rights
First Portland, Oregon, Starbucks votes are a blowout for the union
May 23, 2022In mail ballots counted May 17, workers at four Portland Starbucks stores voted to unionize with Workers United, two of them by unanimous vote: 2880 SE Powell Blvd. 14-2 555 SW Oak St. 5-0 2328 W...
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Staten Island Amazon workers continue the struggle despite harassment
May 16, 2022Winning the union election, they note, is not the end of their struggle.
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Starbucks’ nationwide discrimination doesn’t stop workers’ wins
May 5, 2022Union wins at Starbucks stores extend to Florida victory and continue despite company attacks.
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‘Comrades in Coffee’ going strong despite Great Lakes Coffee efforts
April 20, 2022Baristas are charting new paths in how to organize unions.
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Corporate judge-shopping results in OK of Trump anti-worker rule
April 14, 2022WASHINGTON—Corporate “judge-shopping” in federal courts, once again in rural eastern Texas, resulted in an OK of a Donald Trump anti-worker rule—one which Democratic President Joe Biden announced he would yank. Now two right-wing House Republicans demand...
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