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…
SoCal Hotel Workers Still Fighting For Basic Benefits Long After ‘Hot Labor Summer’
From today’s The Guardian: ast year was a big year for the US labor movement with historic wins and gains for workers at UPS, automakers, and for writers and actors…
Cal State Faculty Begin Largest U.S. Strike of University Professors
From today’s New York Times: In the largest university faculty strike in U.S. history, thousands of professors and lecturers throughout the California State University system walked off the job on…
CSU Faculty and Teamsters Will Go On Strike On Jan. 22
From today’s Long Beach Post News: Cal State University faculty and skilled trades workers have called for a systemwide strike across all 23 campuses from Monday, Jan. 22 to Friday,…
Thousands of Cal State Faculty Walk Out in Rolling Strike, Demanding Better Pay
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California State University faculty walked out of classrooms Monday during the crucial end-of-term time, demanding higher pay and marking a high-profile escalation in contract negotiations…
Medieval Times Performers End Strike, Return To Work Without contract
From today’s Orange County Register: Medieval Times performers have ended their nine-month strike and returned to work without a labor agreement, which has many performers fearing their union now will…
SEPTA’s Locomotive Engineers Union Authorizes Strike
From today’s CBS News: The union representing SEPTA’s locomotive engineers (The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen) unanimously voted to authorize a strike on Monday. BLET said they voted to…
Striking Actors and Hollywood Studios Agree to a Deal
From today’s New York Times: One of the longest labor crises in Hollywood history is finally coming to an end. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing tens of thousands of actors, reached…
UAW Reaches Deal, Ending Strike Against Big Three Detroit Automakers
From today’s Reuters: General Motors (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement, they said on Monday, with its members winning record pay hikes to end…