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Universal Studios denies trimming trees to expose strikers to heatwave

NBC Universal claims it is not trying to make conditions uncomfortable for writers and actors who will be picketing with no shade as temperatures soar

The Guardian - UK

Labor Unions Keep The Heat On Companies Like Starbucks And Amazon

Petitions to organize workers surged more than 50% in the last fiscal year. Amazon and Starbucks are just two of many targets. Unions show no sign of retreat.

Investors Business Daily

‘We’re going to keep fighting’: delivery workers stand up to Amazon

Unionized workers at delivery service partner in California fight company’s intent to terminate contract

The Guardian - US

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Americans want to join unions. The supreme court doesn’t like that

Court’s new ruling makes it harder for workers to join a union, easier to break one and riskier to try to force concessions

The Guardian - US

Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

The high court ruled against truck drivers who walked off the job, leaving their trucks loaded with wet concrete, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect.

WEKU

National Labor Relations Board files complaint against USC, Pac-12 and NCAA

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than…

Los Angeles Times

Ben & Jerry’s supports Vermont workers’ unionization drive

Employees at an ice cream store in the town where it was founded have formed an organizing committee and have asked the National Labor Relations Board for an election.

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Ben & Jerry's supports Vermont workers' unionization drive

Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s says it supports a plan to unionize by the workers at a retail shop in the same city where the brand was founded

The Independent UK

Food prep workers vote to unionize at growing fast-casual chain Portillo’s

Workers at a Portillo’s food preparation facility in the Chicago suburb Addison voted to unionize Thursday in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board.

Chicago Tribune

Starbucks fires Buffalo worker who founded union campaign

Lexi Rizzo, shift supervisor for seven years at one of the first stores to unionize, says company claims she was fired for tardiness

The Guardian - US

Howard Schultz tells Bernie Sanders it's 'unfair' to call him a billionaire

Ex-Starbucks CEO Schultz didn't appreciate it when Bernie Sanders called him a billionaire.

Fortune

El Milagro in Chicago threatened workers for speaking out: NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board cited several cases of alleged intimidation and coercion during a campaign of worker activism in 2021 and 2022.

Chicago Sun-Times

Schultz denies alleged Starbucks union busting in Sanders-led congressional hearing

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended the coffee giant’s labor practices and denied union busting Wednesday in his testimony before a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders. His appearance, along with his Starbucks coffee cup, came after a lengthy refusal that nearly led to a subpoena vote.

Tribune News Service

Howard Schultz says Starbucks has never broken the law. A judge said the company did ‘hundreds of times’

The retail coffee giant’s chief has denied that the company has violated labour law with its anti-union campaign, weeks after a judge found ‘egregious and widespread misconduct’

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WEKU

Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?

Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

Chicago Tribune

University of Chicago grad students vote overwhelmingly to unionize

CHICAGO — Graduate students at the University of Chicago voted overwhelmingly to unionize following a ballot count held Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board, the latest such vote in a swell of organizing at universities across the country.

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