Mercedes Workers in Alabama Reject Union
From today’s New York Times: Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Ala., voted on Friday against joining the United Automobile Workers, a stunning blow to the union’s campaign to…
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama Will Vote to Unionize for Third Time
From today’s NPR News: It could have been the first unionized Amazon warehouse in America. Now, three years later, workers are waiting to learn whether they’ll get a third shot…
Volkswagen Workers Vote to Unionize in Tennessee
From today’s Associated Press: Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s…
Disneyland’s Costumed Character Workers are Unionizing
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Adam Hefner had recently graduated high school and was looking for a job when their sister, who was working in Disneyland Resort’s food and beverage…
Denver City and County Employees May Get Collective Bargaining Rights
From today’s Denverite: Denver voters may have a say in whether almost 7,000 city employees have the right to collective bargaining. If the charter amendment ends up on the ballot.…
Local Labor Leaders In Seattle Sustain ‘Year of the Union’ Momentum
From today’s Urbanist: 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests, commonly called “the Battle of Seattle,” an important AFL-CIO-led protest for worker rights and anti-globalization. The…
Starbucks, US union agree to form ‘framework’ for organizing, bargaining
From today’s Yahoo Finance: Starbucks and a union seeking to organize the coffee chain’s U.S. workforce said on Tuesday they have agreed to create a “framework” to guide organizing and…
21 Starbucks Stores Plan To Form Unions In 1-Day Blitz
From today’s HuffPost: Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the country told the company Tuesday that they plan to organize, potentially adding hundreds of new members to a union campaign…
Dartmouth Players Are Employees Who Can Unionize, NLRB Official Says
From today’s New York Times: A federal official said Monday that members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team were university employees, clearing a path for the team to take a…
Starbucks Increases U.S. Hourly Wages For Non-Union Workers
From today’s NPR News: Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday…