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Amazon anti-union confabs deemed illegal by labor officials

U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that anti-union meetings held by Amazon.com Inc. in Staten Island, New York, violated federal law, according to an agency spokesperson.

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Starbucks says employees getting new benefits, but not at stores that are unionizing

On an investor call, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company was investing $1 billion to raise wages, enhance benefits and modernize stores. But unionized stores won't get some of that.

WEKU

Amazon's budding union just lost an important vote in New York

The Amazon Labor Union is nowhere near ready to give up, though.

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Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing Second Warehouse; Company To Get Hearing That Could Overturn First Union Vote

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) workers have voted against unionizing a second warehouse in New York City in the borough of Staten Island, known as LDJ5, with 618 to 380 against joining the Labor Union, Reuters reported. The turnout was 61%, It could slow the momentum for labor union advocates that demanded better pay…

Benzinga

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

Bernie calls out Biden over Amazon deals

Sanders: "Taxpayer dollars should not go to companies like Amazon and billionaires... who repeatedly break the law"

Salon

Cary store becomes 1st Chicago-area Starbucks to unionize

The vote to join an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union was 17-4 in a count supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.

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Bernie Sanders, AOC rally Amazon workers

If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, Sanders said, he can afford to pay living wages

Salon

Why Starbucks has become a huge unionization target — and why the company is in a panic

On April 7, Madison Hall, a barista and union organizer at the Starbucks store on Long Beach's bustling 2nd Street commercial strip, was invited to a session the next day to "meet with and co-create with upper-level management," Hall says.

Los Angeles Times

Labor board sues Starbucks over claims it retaliated against 3 workers who unionized

Starbucks rejects the claims.

Axios

Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory

In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration

The Independent UK

Starbucks sued by US labor board over retaliation claims

U.S. labor officials are asking a federal court to force Starbucks Corp. to reinstate a group of activists, escalating the legal battle over the company’s response to the union campaign sweeping through its stores.

Tribune News Service

Starbucks CEO's union-busting efforts

"Starbucks is getting desperate as it loses this war in battle after battle," said the union

Salon

Union vote scheduled for 3 Starbucks stores in Chicago

Workers at the locations have sought rights to bargain as members of Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

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Nintendo faces labor complaint filed by former employee

The company and staffing agency Aston Carter was cited in the NLBR complaint.

Axios

Nintendo and labor firm hit with labor complaint

Worker says gaming giant violated their right to unionize

The Independent UK

Judge rules Amazon must reinstate fired warehouse worker

The NLRB said it found merit in Bryson´s complaint that Amazon illegally fired him for workplace organizing

Axios

Amazon must reinstate warehouse worker fired after Staten Island protest, judge rules

Amazon said it will appeal the decision, which found it acted "unlawfully."

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The Independent UK

Judge rules Amazon must reinstate fired warehouse worker

A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former employee who was fired in the early days of the pandemic after leading a protest calling for the company to do more to protect workers against COVID-19

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Amazon workers scored a huge union victory but face a tough road ahead

The union victory at Amazon’s JFK8 facility in Staten Island was truly remarkable. A majority of the employees there voted last week for union representation despite the company’s hard-nosed union avoidance tactics, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history.

The Guardian - US

‘The model is listening’: union’s win at Amazon hatched in a small apartment

A suburban two-bedroom apartment was the HQ from which Amazon’s multimillion-dollar anti-union effort was defeated

The Independent UK

Amazon seeks to overturn union win, says vote was tainted

Amazon is seeking to overturn the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 9 April 2022

Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis since the civil war. In previous weeks we've covered the recent downturn. But at the centre of it all is one family. Their history is the key to understanding the present crisis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baristas at a 6th area Starbucks file for a union vote

The organizing drive by Workers United has resulted in elections being set for two other Starbucks in the suburbs.

Input

Amazon union organizers allege extensive anti-union bullying

A supervisor allegedly told one pro-union supporter not to speak with her because she was “with the devil.”

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