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Unionized Starbucks Workers Are Considering Calling for a Boycott

Faith Bennett Jacobin
Starbucks Workers United has not yet asked supporters to stop frequenting Starbucks locations. But unionized workers have been ramping up customer solidarity organizing, potentially laying the groundwork for a Starbucks boycott.

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Kaiser 3 Day Strike

STEFANIE DAZIO AP
It’s the final day of a massive health care strike over pay and staff shortages. No deal is in sight.

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UMaine Graduate Students Win Union Recognition

Christopher Burns Bangor Daily News
The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified the Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW. The graduate workers union will represent about 1,000 graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants who make up a large percentage of the tea

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Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie

Lucy Dean Stockton The Lever
Corporations say they can’t meet auto workers’ demands while also transitioning to electric vehicles — but they just need to fork over the money.
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