Microsoft agrees to remain neutral in union campaigns
Punctuating a year of major gains for organized labor, Microsoft has announced that it will stay neutral if any group of U.S.-based workers seeks to unionize.
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Starbucks loses another round in ongoing fight with unionized workers
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.
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Hundreds of journalists walk off jobs at nation’s largest newspaper chain
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain.
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Unionized workers at Apple store have big shopping list, including tips
Employees at the unionized Towson, Maryland Apple Store are this week negotiating with Apple for new benefits, and have asked for higher pay, tips, and changes to leave policies. Here’s what’s happening.
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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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