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Starbucks and its union-busting law firm are pulling out all the stops in Seattle in an attempt to destroy the union push that has swept the country.

It’s not often there is a strategic opening created by the confluence of a favorable NLRB, a supportive presidency, a tight job market, and a roiling economy. This is not a time to cling to paradigms wedded to past conditions. Now we can "Think Big."

Jennifer A. Abruzzo, NRLB General Counsel, issues a key memo stating that "NLRB case precedent, which has tolerated [mandatory anti-union] meetings, is at odds with fundamental labor-law principles." She urges the Board to take action.

Amazon has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to organize freely and without retaliation.

​“The only way to make a change is to pressure these people into understanding that we aren’t … animals to control at their will.”