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Atlanta Apple Store Workers Are the First to Formally Seek a Union
Employees at an Apple store in Atlanta filed a petition on Wednesday to hold a union election. If successful, the workers could form the first union at an Apple retail store in the United States. The move continues a recent trend of service-sector unionization in which unions have won elections at Starbucks, Amazon and REI […]
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Starbucks Union Campaign Continues Its Momentum
Starbucks workers have added to the momentum of a union campaign that went public in late August and has upended decades of union-free labor at the company’s corporate-owned stores. On Thursday and Friday, workers at six stores in upstate New York voted to unionize, according to the National Labor Relations Board, bringing the total number […]
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Taking On Starbucks, Inspired by Bernie Sanders
Starbucks allows employees who work at least 20 hours a week to obtain health coverage, more generous than most competitors, and has said it will increase average pay for hourly employees to nearly $17 an hour by this summer, well above the industry norm. The company also offers to pay the tuition of employees admitted […]
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Canada Goose workers vote to unionize in Winnipeg.
Workers at three plants owned by the luxury apparel-maker Canada Goose in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, according to results announced by the union on Wednesday. Workers United, an affiliate of the giant Service Employees International Union, said it would represent about 1,200 additional workers as a result of the election. Canada Goose, […]
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