GSK faces strike from union in UK involving hundreds of workers
Hundreds of workers at a union representing GSK workers in the United Kingdom have voted to strike over pay, according to Reuters news service.
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Startup labor union finds the going tougher than tough against giant Amazon
The early struggles for Amazon Labor Union highlight the challenges of taking on one of the biggest employers in the world. It has also renewed questions about whether a grassroots organization, rather than a more established union, is best suited for the task, even though no established union has ever made it this far in organizing a US union at Amazon.
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One-on-one union showdown: Starbucks chair squares off with Bernie Sanders over fights
Senator Bernie Sanders, who has roundly criticized former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company’s blatant attempts to shut down its own workers’ unionization efforts, finally got to question Schultz during a Senate hearing Wednesday. And neither minced words about the issue.
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Ex-Chipotle workers who tried to unionize to be paid $240,000 in settlement
Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay a total $240,000 in salary and back pay to the former employees of an Augusta, Maine, restaurant that the company shuttered after the workers tried to unionize. Here are the details.
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Latest union drive in US focuses on Nissan factory in Tennessee
Several dozen workers among thousands at a Nissan factory in Tennessee will hold a long-delayed vote on whether to unionize Thursday. Those leading the drive hope for an elusive win at a foreign-owned auto assembly plant in the traditionally anti-union South.
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Starbucks CEO reverses course, will testify about company’s labor practices
Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz will testify before a Senate committee about the company’s labor practices on March 29, a reversal of Schultz’s previous refusal.
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Judge orders Starbucks to reinstate workers fired for unionizing
A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers, reopen a shuttered location and stop infringing on workers’ rights after finding that the company violated labor laws “hundreds of times” during a unionization campaign in Buffalo, New York.
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Report: Tesla fires workers seeking to organize union at NY plant
Several employees at a Tesla factory in New York have been fired a day after launching union organizing efforts, according to Tesla Workers United.
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Tesla workers at New York plant want to form a union
In a letter to management Tuesday, the Tesla Workers United organizing committee said that the employees are seeking a voice on the job at the plant in Buffalo and want to “build an even more collaborative environment that will strengthen the company.”
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