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Student organizers, faculty and workers at 25 university campuses across the US are calling for their institutions to cancel their contracts with Starbucks in protest against the company’s response to union organizing efforts.

Over 30% of workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed union authorization cards, the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced on Tuesday.

Academics at Columbia College in Chicago are in a fierce dispute over cuts to courses and poor working conditions

UAW, representing 400,000 in the US and over 580,000 retired workers, makes announcement as military operations resume

From Florida to Alaska, workers are facing legal efforts to weaken their power by targeting union certification and dues.

Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.

Advocates say corporate strategy known as ‘Texas two-step’ is being used as ‘menu choice’ to avoid paying compensation

Federal safety authority Osha has imposed millions in fines on discount retailer which is largest retail chain in US.

Anti-Union consultants hired by – and staying at – Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa to suppress workers’ union organizing drive

Lexi Rizzo, Starbucks Buffalo shift supervisor for seven years at one of the first stores to unionize, says company claims she was fired for tardiness.