Behind the bubbly cashiers in Hawaiian shirts, craveable snacks, and bargain-basement prices are questionable business practices that have many food brands crying foul at the company’s blatant and aggressive copycat culture.
Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.
Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year.
Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and U.S. labor union density is falling as a result.
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Trader Joe's is sabotaging negotiations. TJ workers take us inside their fight for a contract with the “progressive” company.
Aided by a historically tight labor market and a supportive president and National Labor Relations Board, unionized workers have been able to use their newfound leverage to win demands that forward their agenda.
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