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Starbucks Workers Begin 3-Day Walkout at 100 US Stores
Starbucks workers around the U.S. have begun a three-day strike. The walkouts are part of their effort to unionize the coffee chain’s stores. Starbucks Workers United says more than 1,000 baristas at 100 stores are planning to walk out. The strike will be the longest in the year-old unionization campaign. More than 264 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have...
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Biden Signs Bill Enforcing Agreement to Avoid Rail Strike
Members in four of the 12 unions involved had rejected the proposed contract as lacking sufficient paid sick leave. The President acknowledged the shortcoming as he said he would continue to push for that benefit for every U.S. worker.
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Judge Orders Amazon to Stop Retaliations Against Organizers
A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor agency that sued the company earlier this year. The ruling came in a court case brought by the National Labor Relations Board, which sues Amazon in March seeking the reinstatement of a...
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Starbucks Workers Strike at More Than 100 US Stores on Busy Red Cup Day
Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year.
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Biden Says Tentative Railway Labor Deal Reached, Averting Strike
Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department on Wednesday to hammer out a deal, as there was a risk of a strike starting on Friday that could have shut down rail lines across the country.
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History of Labor Day
Labor Day is a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the contributions and achievements of American workers. Here’s a history of the holiday from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Apple Workers in Maryland Vote for Company's First Unionized Store in U.S.
The Towson, Maryland store is not one of Apple’s so-called “flagship” stores. It’s a smaller location inside a mall that serves a local population.
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Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes
The U.S. is experiencing a labor shortage that’s partly fueled by a drop-off in immigration, which ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amazon Workers at 2nd NYC Warehouse Reject Union
The second Amazon union vote on Staten Island failed. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Alaska Airlines Cancels Dozens of Flights as Pilots Picket
Pilots have been in contract negotiations with the airline for nearly three years and the two sides are at an impasse.
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Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote for Company's First Unionized Warehouse in U.S.
The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor, which has for years tried to organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers.
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Amazon Staff Again Reject Union in Alabama for Now, Lean Toward It in NYC
In a union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union was leading late Thursday by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
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Covid Upended the Labor Market, and Now These Workers Are Using Their Leverage to Push for Unions
Warehouse and store employees seeking union membership feel they have no seat at the table, and they’ve put companies on notice.
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JetBlue Urges Flight Attendants to Accept Assignments as It Races to Hire 700 People by Summer
JetBlue and other airlines are hiring thousands of employees to cater to a snapback in travel demand.
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Second Starbucks Location in Mesa, Arizona, Votes to Unionize
The growing union push will be one of the challenges that incoming interim CEO Howard Schultz will have to tackle when he assumes the role on April 4.
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Alaska Airlines Is Trying to Ease Staffing Shortage by Offering Flight Attendants Double Pay to Pick Up Shifts
Major airlines last rolled out incentive pay ahead of the year-end holidays to stem a staffing shortage.
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Seattle Starbucks Location Unanimously Votes in Favor of Unionizing, a First in the Company's Hometown
The Seattle location is the seventh company-owned Starbucks cafe to vote in favor of unionizing under Workers United.
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American Airlines Will Resume Alcohol Sales on Flights Starting April 18
American and Southwest last year delayed plans to bring back alcohol because of assaults on crew members.
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Delta Gives Employees 4% Raises, First Pay Increase Since Before the Pandemic
Carriers are scrambling to hire and train staff to match surging travel demand.
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Women in Low-Paying Jobs Are Losing Billions as U.S. Gender Pay Gap Persists, Labor Department Says
A new Labor Department report finds “occupational segregation” is costing women billions of dollars.