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Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union

With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.

Capital & Main · Oct 15, 2025

Ford-Owned Battery Plant Drags Heels on Union Vote

BlueOval SK workers asked for a union vote six months ago. Trump administration changes could extend delays.

Capital & Main · Jul 18, 2025

Why the UAW is fighting so hard for these 4 key demands in the auto strike

Driving the UAW's tough stance in negotiations with the Big Three automakers is the sense that the union is owed a long-overdue redressal for all the concessions workers made in 2007.

WEKU · Sep 20, 2023

Starbucks and Amazon accused of dragging their feet on union contracts

After successful unionization drives, experts say companies will ‘fight to the end’ to prevent the next step

The Guardian - US · Sep 1, 2022

Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining

It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing

Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.

WEKU · May 1, 2022

Dear White Staffers is lifting the lid on the reality of life as a congressional staffer working on Capitol Hill

A viral Instagram account that started as a feed of political memes is now lifting the lid on a lack of diversity and allegations of exploitation and abuse among staffers at Capitol Hill.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2022