Category: Service Industry

Starbucks’ Tall Order Of Negotiating With 400+ Stores: Cunning Or Chaotic?

Last December, Starbucks requested to reopen negotiations with Workers United. This move arrived a full two years after the first Starbucks cafe unionized and over a year after contract negotiations stalled out.

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Shaking The Salts: Workers Are Increasingly Sweeping Unions Out The Door, But Could An Act Of Congress Pave The Way?

As our own Phil Wilson has discussed at length, several recent campaigns have seen union activists, who act as paid covert internal organizers, often referred to as “salts.”

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A Tale Of Three Cities: Gig-Economy Drivers Are Paying The Price Of New Minimum Wage Laws

It’s a familiar sight these days: supposedly well-meaning lawmakers, often lobbied by unions, believe they are helping workers by substantially boosting the minimum wage. Companies must then pull rabbits out of hats to afford increased labor costs, which leads to higher prices for consumers, decreased demand, and less available work.

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Union’s First Contract? More Faltering Steps And A Full-On Stumble For Organized ‘Castles’

That brings us to fresh news of a crumbled union at Medieval Times, eighteen months after workers in California voted to form the dinner theater company’s first union of knights, queens, and other costumed performers.

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