Organizers with Starbucks Workers United have been trying to get a contract finalized for five years. Enough is enough.
Union Town follows the battle for better wages and working conditions on three fronts in New York City — at UPS, at Amazon, and among “deliveristas” – that is, people who work for apps like DoorDash making food runs for customers.
Workers who make some of the world’s most popular video games, including World of Warcraft and Diablo, won their first union contracts in early September, in an important step forward for organizing in the tech industry.
When Starbucks in Scottsboro, Alabama, voted “yes” for the union in 2022 – the town made infamous in the 1930s when an international campaign saved nine young Black workers from the gallows – there was no doubt that this campaign was here to stay.
The Dark Horse Workers United union state Dark Horse has demanded Senior Editors quit union, join management or take a demotion and pay cut
The new crop of pro-worker legislators who have recently been elected at the state and local levels can pass laws that can rebuild the labor movement, even with Donald Trump as president. Here are six ways they can do it.
If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.
The reality of labor weakness and social media strength makes what organizers call an “air war” compelling. But if not accompanied by resources for worker organizing and leadership development, all the money in the world won't produce worker power.
The Campaign Workers Guild has seen a roughly 110 percent increase in the number of campaigns that have signed card check agreements with the union since late April, according to union leaders.
The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.
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