The Latest Breaking News from NLRB

Bucktown Starbucks workers back union drive

Employees at the 2101 W. Armitage Ave. store are the fifth group in the Chicago area to join a nationwide organizing drive.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2022

A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms

The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.

WEKU · Jun 13, 2022

NLRB denies Amazon's ask to close union hearing to public

A federal labor board has denied Amazon's request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid to overturn a historic union win at one of its Staten Island, New York, warehouses

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Union sees grounds for organizing at Intelligentsia Coffee

Local 1220 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is seeking to represent the chain’s employees in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Workers at two Edgewater Starbucks stores vote to unionize — first in Chicago for coffee giant

Organizers say workers at two locations in Edgewater have affiliated with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union, in an ongoing national campaign.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 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

Cannabis Workers At New Jersey's Wonderland Smoke Shop Chain Looking To Unionize, Who's Next?

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by the employees of Wonderland Smoke Shop, becoming the first cannabis accessories business to formally ask the NLRB to conduct an election to unionize.

Benzinga · May 25, 2022

Quality assurance workers at Activision Blizzard subsidiary unionize, a first at a major US gaming company

A small group of quality assurance workers at an Activision Blizzard-owned game studio have unionized, marking the arrival of the first labor union at a major U.S. gaming company.

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022

In major video game company first, Activision Blizzard employees are joining a union

A subset of staff at the massive video game company Activision Blizzard voted to join the Communication Workers of America. The vote comes as Activision Blizzard is being purchased by Microsoft.

WEKU · May 23, 2022

Activision workers win vote to form industry's first big union in U.S.

The vote passed 19-3.

Axios · May 23, 2022