Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize News Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize By Karen Weise Source: The New York Times Amazon, which faces mounting scrutiny over worker…adminJanuary 3, 2022
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Local 99 negotiates wage hikes mid-contract President's Report Local 99 negotiates wage hikes mid-contract We recently had opportunities to negotiate wage increases in the middle of our contracts with…adminDecember 21, 2021
Thousands of Fred Meyer, QFC employees in Oregon go on strike News Thousands of Fred Meyer, QFC employees in Oregon go on strike Source: OPB.org A weeklong strike is underway affecting a number of Oregon grocery stores, barely…adminDecember 17, 2021
How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse News How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse By Hamilton Nolan Source: In These Times It was the week before Halloween on the…adminDecember 17, 2021
Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor. News Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor. By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times Employees at a Buffalo-area Starbucks store have…adminDecember 14, 2021
The worker revolt comes to a Dollar General in Connecticut News The worker revolt comes to a Dollar General in Connecticut By Greg Jaffe Source: The Washington Post The afternoon shift workers at Dollar General No.…adminDecember 14, 2021
America’s Largest Retail Union Calls on CEOs for Action on Omicron and Winter COVID Surge to Protect Essential Workers and Customers NewsPress Release America’s Largest Retail Union Calls on CEOs for Action on Omicron and Winter COVID Surge to Protect Essential Workers and Customers UFCW Letter to 63 Retail & Grocery CEOs Urges Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Whole Foods, CVS,…adminDecember 10, 2021
Starbucks workers in Buffalo win watershed union vote News Starbucks workers in Buffalo win watershed union vote By Joanna Slater and Greg Jaffe Source: The Washington Post Starbucks workers in Buffalo won…adminDecember 9, 2021
Richland Fred Meyer workers: Union Yes! News Richland Fred Meyer workers: Union Yes! Source: The Stand! United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1439, the union for 7,000…adminDecember 8, 2021