Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
The outdoors equipment company says it believes “in putting purpose before profits.” So why is the CEO trying to keep employees from joining a union?
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SEIU drops its front in unionizing Starbucks
One of the nation’s most powerful labor forces is no longer hiding its role in organizing the chain.
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Ricardo Torres on LinkedIn: Starbucks restaurant in Mesa, Arizona votes to unionize
This is a big story. Baristas at Starbucks in Mesa Arizona vote 25-3 in favor of unionizing.
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SEIU drops its front in unionizing Starbucks
One of the nation’s most powerful labor forces is no longer hiding its role in organizing the chain.
Read the full article at: restaurantbusinessonline.com
Sappi union workers rally amid contract negotiations with company – CentralMaine.com
Members of United Steelworkers Local 9 gathered along Route 201 in Skowhegan on Tuesday to make a more visible pitch for higher wages and better benefits.
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Labor Unions Collected $37 Million in COVID Relief They Were Ineligible To Receive
The Paycheck Protection Program launched in March 2020 to provide relief to small businesses and charities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But 226 labor unions that were ineligible for the program received $36.7 million in forgivable loans, according to a report provided exclusively to the Washington Free Beacon.
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Why Starbucks Stores Are Unionizing
Workers at more than 60 Starbucks locations have petitioned to unionize — and momentum is growing
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Amazonians United Is the Other Face of the Amazon Labor Movement
At Amazon, big organizing campaigns by established unions — like the one in Bessemer, Alabama, this year — are only the most visible face of labor organizing. The other is Amazonians United, a militant shop-floor group with a presence around the country.
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Nurses unions in Washington back safe-staffing legislation
Dangerous assignments are being reported at record rates by hospital workers at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.
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Amazon union: Updates on why Amazon workers voted against – Protocol
Did Amazon unionize? No, but workers are trying. Will Amazon unionize? It could happen soon: Alabama Amazon union vote results were thrown out in November and the NLRB ruled Amazon must allow the warehouse to hold another election. Why Amazon workers voted against the union is argued to be because of illegal interference in Bessemer.
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