Starbucks Union Tries to Raise Pressure as Strike Vote Begins
Starbucks unionized workers elect strike captains, hold practice pickets and rallies, and hold a strike vote while contract talks remain frozen.
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Friday Five: Legal Smoke, AI Burnout Ahead, Visa Price Pain, And Contract Skirmishes
It’s Friday, and we have five stories that you might not have heard yet, including updates on the ‘996’ trend, H-1B visas, and contract disputes.
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Strikes Without Solutions: When Union Tactics Hurt Healthcare Workers Most
Kaiser Permanente strikes haven’t bought meaningful results yet for workers, and the next strike sounds like an even worse deal for them.
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A Year-Long Beverage Strike: Fact Vs. The Teamsters Fiction
The Teamsters recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Bigfoot Beverages strike by–weird flex, but okay–throwing a barbecue near the locally-owned, family-founded drinks distributor’s Oregon headquarters.
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Starbucks Workers Try To Turn Up the Heat Without Big Strike Power
Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has organized about 650 stores out of nearly 9,000 corporate-owned stores. That’s a lot of stores to be organized at any one employer, but not enough density to shut down the enterprise with a strike.
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