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2022 saw a wave of new unions form. Getting to the bargaining table is the next challenge

CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee.

Chicago Tribune

Andrew Carter: What’s next for college sports in 2023? Realignment, NIL and the search for stability.

College athletics changed incrementally for a long time. And then, in the past couple of years, it has changed all at once. Name, image and likeness rights, better known as “NIL,” have entered the college sporting lexicon. So has the phrase “the transfer portal.” A couple of years ago, neither…

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Starbucks refused union contract talks at 21 cafes, NLRB says

Starbucks Corp. has illegally refused to negotiate at 21 recently unionized cafes in Washington state and Oregon, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint.

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Unionized Starbucks baristas need more than enthusiasm

Voting for a union is one thing; achieving a contract is quite another if the employer is in no hurry to begin bargaining.

Chicago Sun-Times

NLRB Move to Aid Pursuit of College Athletes as Employees

The organization plans to pursue unfair labor practice charges against USC, the Pac-12 and the NCAA.

Sports Illustrated

At 1st anniversary, Starbucks, union workers face reality check

SEATTLE — Starbucks workers and supporters rallied in major cities across the country Friday to celebrate the anniversary of the first unionized store in Buffalo, New York.

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2022 was tech's biggest year yet for labor unions and workplace organizing

But unions had their greatest wins on the industry's fringes, in Amazon warehouses, Apple stores and game studios..

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Strippers protesting at North Hollywood topless bar were unlawfully fired, NLRB says

LOS ANGELES — Star Garden, a North Hollywood topless dive bar, violated labor law when it fired three strippers and locked out 15 others for raising concerns about their health and safety, the National Labor Relations Board said.

Los Angeles Times

US judge orders Amazon to ‘cease and desist’ anti-union retaliation

Company must read out public notice to employees at Staten Island warehouse, which won vote to unionize in April

The Guardian - US

Judge orders Amazon to stop retaliations against organizers

A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism

The Independent UK

Starbucks staffers plan 100-store strike, citing failure to bargain

Starbucks Corp. baristas seeking union contracts with the coffee chain plan to mount daylong strikes Thursday at more than 100 cafes, saying management has refused to bargain in good faith.

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Starbucks baristas strike at 113 stores demanding talks

Starbucks Corp. baristas seeking union contracts with the coffee chain mounted daylong strikes Thursday at 113 cafes, saying management has refused to bargain in good faith.

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Starbucks workers plan strikes at more than 100 US stores

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they're going on strike Thursday

The Independent UK

Workers denounce Starbucks over union contract negotiations: ‘They don’t treat us like human beings’

Claims of delays, unfair labor practices and retaliation against workers as the battle for a first union contract stalls

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Union effort by strippers at a Southern California club stalls with challenged ballots

LOS ANGELES — Dancers at a topless dive bar in North Hollywood holding a historic union election expected results Monday. They will need to wait a while longer.

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Alphabet cut off workers from pay transparency data, union says

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, illegally cut off contract workers’ access to a spreadsheet about pay transparency, a union alleged in a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board.

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Blizzard appeals the NLRB’s Blizzard Albany union decision – again

Following the NLRB’s decision to proceed with the Blizzard Albany QA union vote, Blizzard is asking the Board to hear its side of the story

The Independent UK

NLRB alleges Amazon's Jassy violated labor law in interviews

The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint accusing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy of violating labor law during media interviews this year where he said workers are better off without a union

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Starbucks' expanded benefits for nonunion workers is being contested in Seattle hearing

Starbucks' $1 billion commitment to expand benefits for workers at nonunionized stores is under scrutiny this week.

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Starbucks says union broke rules by recording talks in 5 places

Starbucks has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging union representatives unlawfully recorded bargaining sessions for workers who couldn’t attend, the company said Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Amazon union push at California warehouse stalls

A group of Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, California, seeking to join the independent Amazon Labor Union have withdrawn a petition to hold a union election, mere weeks after launching their campaign, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed.

The Guardian - US

Republicans want working-class voters — without actually supporting workers

GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize

The Guardian - US

Lowe’s faces organization effort as US unionization movement spreads

Workers at Lowe’s and the chain’s top rival, Home Depot, push to unionize their companies’ first US stores despite challenges

USA Today Sports Media Group

The NLRB rules in favor of Blizzard Albany union vote

The Blizzard Albany union vote has a clear path forward after the NLRB dismissed Activision Blizzard’s petition against the QA team’s efforts

Chicago Sun-Times

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Warehouse workers near Albany, New York, cast 406 votes — or about 66% — against the union, giving the company enough support to push back the labor group.

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