The National Labor Relations Board lodged a formal complaint against Starbucks this week—alleging the company illegally retaliated against two pro-union baristas at its a Phoenix store. It’s heartening to see a pro-worker NLRB take on these despicable anti-union tactics for once.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 17, 2022
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Companies like Starbucks and REI keep saying they aren’t anti-union. Their heavy handed union busting shows that they’re lying, AND that they think we’re all really gullible https://t.co/iemSwbbAhV
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) February 28, 2022
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Workers at an Amazon delivery hub in MD walked off the job in big enough numbers to spoil a manager’s day. The group Amazonians United is ignoring union elections in favor of direct action like this. They certainly achieved critical mass this morning. https://t.co/RgYyVlfJ3L
— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) March 16, 2022
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Today, we learned that Kevin Johnson will be stepping down as Starbucks CEO & Howard Schultz will return as interim CEO. We encourage Howard Schultz, who has been a leader of Starbucks’ anti-union campaign, to put union-busting behind him and embrace Starbucks’ unionized future.
— SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) March 16, 2022
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Trucking used to be a solid, good-paying union job. But over the decades, government deregulation allowed shipping companies to erode truckers’ rights, misclassify them as contractors, and gut their wages & benefits.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 16, 2022
Now truckers are fighting back. pic.twitter.com/YuU605qczF
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BREAKING: Howard University faculty announces they will go on strike next week if an agreement is not reached by this Friday. pic.twitter.com/lPcNKkO93I
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) March 16, 2022
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Amazon workers at a second Staten Island warehouse will vote in a union election in late April, labor union officials for the company said Friday. https://t.co/E9cFDNgnnq
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 19, 2022
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NEW: We got leaked audio from anti-union meeting where hired union buster tells Google Fiber workers that they could lose work by unionizing w/@CWAUnion
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) March 16, 2022
“not trying to infer anyone’s value or anyone’s worth. I’m just trying to do a business math problem”https://t.co/xAX4wlJyNP