Tag: unions

"Howard Schultz and Starbucks are getting creamed in union vote after union vote."

"This is a major victory," said Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat. "It's time for Starbucks to pay fair wages and treat every worker with dignity and respect."

Starbucks Workers United is racking up victorious union votes in one branch after another of the iconic American coffee chain. A young California-based worker-organizer explains why this organizing campaign is different.

Media interest in the campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon suggests the American public may finally be paying attention.

There’s no denying that this advocacy protects Americans’ freedoms.

Increasing numbers of millennials and zoomers in the public sector, tech field, gig economy, nonprofit community, education and other sectors also view collective action as the path to a brighter future.

Baristas in Buffalo are mounting the coffee giant’s most significant union challenge yet.

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would better protect workers from illegal bullying and retaliation during the organizing process.

"The future of tech is stronger with the power of a union."

Even a work stoppage in certain parts of the country would be historic; the last time a general strike took place in the U.S. was in 1946.