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US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Whatever it takes': Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

Hundreds of Starbucks workers are striking in 25+ US cities over stalled contract talks, demanding better staffing, pay and resolution of unfair labor-practice charges.
UK news
fromEngadget
1 week ago

Union files legal claims against Rockstar Games following alleged union busting

Rockstar Games faces legal claims from IWGB alleging over 30 dismissals amounted to victimization and collective dismissal linked to union activity.
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fromBon Appetit
1 week ago
Coffee

America's Baristas Are Brewing Up a Labor Movement

A grassroots union surge among Louisville café workers is winning contracts that raise wages, add paid leave, secure staffing protections, and improve scheduling.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago
Left-wing politics

'Moment of crisis': Unions in somber mood this Labor Day

California labor unions are mobilizing to protect members from immigration raids, Medicaid cuts, and federal attacks while organizing, educating, and staging nonviolent protests.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Dollar Store Workers' Fight Shows How to Build Power Even Without a Union

'I said, 'No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker,' said Williams, who today makes $11.50 an hour filling shelves with diapers, ramen and discount shampoo at a New Orleans store. Some months, he said, he can't make rent. 'So, sorry, I'm not about to put my life on the line,' he told his colleague.
US news
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 months ago

Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement

Worker organizing significantly increases the chances for a multiracial democracy and rebalancing governmental power.
Chicago
fromThe Nation
4 months ago

In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Riders Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table

An agreement between a coalition of rideshare drivers and Uber allows Illinois drivers to unionize and potentially negotiate better pay and conditions.
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