Apple workers vote to unionize at Maryland store
2 years, 6 months ago

Apple workers vote to unionize at Maryland store

Associated Press  

— Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections. The Apple retail workers in Towson, Maryland, voted 65-33 to seek entry into the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union’s announcement said. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the Apple employees who wanted to join said they had sent Apple CEO Tim Cook notice last month that they were seeking to organize a union. Amazon workers at a warehouse in New York City voted to unionize in April, the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

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Starbucks workers’ union goes on strike in US cities
5 days, 8 hours ago

Starbucks workers’ union goes on strike in US cities

Al Jazeera  

Workers complain of inadequate wages as inflation soars, and promise to escalate the strike. The Starbucks Workers United Union, which represents employees at 525 stores across the US, said late on Thursday that walkouts would escalate daily and could reach “hundreds of stores” nationwide by Christmas Eve. “It’s estimated that 10 stores out of 10,000 company-operated stores did not open …

Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in which employees rejected a union. Administrative law judge Michael Silverstein on Tuesday ordered the third vote for Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, about 20 …

Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing — for the 3rd time
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing — for the 3rd time

NPR  

Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing — for the 3rd time toggle caption Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Amazon workers at a warehouse in Alabama should get a third opportunity to vote on unionizing, a federal labor judge has ruled. U.S. labor officials later ruled that Amazon improperly influenced the vote, and workers voted a second time in 2022. …

Amazon Labor Union members vote overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with the Teamsters
6 months ago

Amazon Labor Union members vote overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with the Teamsters

Associated Press  

New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer. “Together, with hard work, courage, and conviction, the Teamsters and ALU will fight fearlessly to ensure Amazon workers secure the good jobs and safe working conditions they deserve …

Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions
7 months, 1 week ago

Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions

Associated Press  

— Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations. Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the workers. The vote followed …

21 Starbucks Stores Plan To Form Unions In 1-Day Blitz
10 months ago

21 Starbucks Stores Plan To Form Unions In 1-Day Blitz

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the country told the company Tuesday that they plan to organize, potentially adding hundreds of new members to a union campaign that’s battling the coffee chain for first contracts. The union, Workers United, said it is the largest group of Starbucks stores to go public with their organizing plans in a …

Starbucks Union Demands Probe Of Company's Anti-Union Spending
11 months ago

Starbucks Union Demands Probe Of Company's Anti-Union Spending

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The union that organized nearly 400 Starbucks stores has asked regulators to demand financial disclosures from the coffee chain and its law firm related to their long-running campaign against the organizing effort. But Workers United argues that Littler Mendelson’s attorneys have tried to persuade workers against unionizing directly through “coercive” subpoenas, and therefore their work should be …

New Starbucks CEO plans to work in stores monthly
1 year, 9 months ago

New Starbucks CEO plans to work in stores monthly

Associated Press  

Starbucks’ new CEO Laxman Narasimhan says he plans to work a half-day shift once a month in one of the company’s stores in an effort to stay close to its culture and customers. Narasimhan, who took the reins as CEO earlier this week, said in a letter to Starbucks’ employees Thursday that he also expects the company’s leadership team to …

Philadelphia Home Depot workers vote to reject unionization
2 years, 1 month ago

Philadelphia Home Depot workers vote to reject unionization

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Home Depot workers in Philadelphia rejected the first store-wide labor union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer Saturday night, a loss for a fledgling movement to organize at major U.S. companies. Workers voted 165 to 51 against forming Home Depot Workers United, which would have represented 274 employees at the store, according to the National Labor Relations …

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon workers in upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Tuesday, handing a second defeat to the labor group that’s been attempting to drag the company to the negotiating table since its historic win earlier this year. Warehouse workers near Albany cast 406 votes out of the 612 ballots counted — or about 66% — …

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Al Jazeera  

The loss has dashed, for now, the labour group’s hopes to get Amazon to the negotiating table on contracts. Amazon workers in upstate New York have overwhelmingly rejected a union bid, handing a second defeat to the labour group that’s been trying to drag the company to the negotiating table. This time around, 406, or two-thirds of workers at a …

Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse

NPR  

Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse Enlarge this image toggle caption Lucas Willard/WAMC Lucas Willard/WAMC Amazon warehouse workers near Albany, N.Y., have voted no to a union, delivering a blow to the fledgling effort to organize employees at one of the country's largest employers. More than 900 Amazon employees were eligible to vote on whether to join …

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I can’t jinx it.” The face-off near the …

Apple workers vote to unionise second Apple Store in US
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple workers vote to unionise second Apple Store in US

The Hindu  

Apple workers have voted in favour of unionising a second Apple Store in the United States. The Penn Square in Oklahoma City is the second Apple Store in the US to unionise after Apple retail workers in Maryland became the first union-represented Apple store in the U.S. The US National Labor Relations Board, on Friday, counted the ballots submitted by …

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse

Al Jazeera  

The startup union that clinched a historic labour victory at Amazon earlier this year is slated to face the company yet again, aiming to rack up more wins that could force the reluctant retail behemoth to the negotiating table. “I can’t jinx it.” The face-off near the state’s capitol — one of the most unionised metro areas in the country, …

Apple workers in Oklahoma vote to unionize in 2nd labor win
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple workers in Oklahoma vote to unionize in 2nd labor win

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months, according to the federal labor board. Fifty-six workers at the store, located at Oklahoma City’s Penn Square Mall, voted to be represented by The Communications Workers of America, while 32 voted against …

Amazon workers at Moreno Valley warehouse file for union election — a first in California
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers at Moreno Valley warehouse file for union election — a first in California

LA Times  

A group of workers at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Moreno Valley is pushing for a union and has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board. Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Moreno Valley filed a petition for a union election, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed Tuesday. The workers are seeking to join the upstart Amazon …

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now
2 years, 2 months ago

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now

NPR  

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now Enlarge this image toggle caption Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Starbucks workers are busy this fall, and not just with making pumpkin spice lattes. Enlarge this image toggle caption Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images Added benefits for nonunion stores …

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October

NPR  

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP Amazon faces yet another union vote this year, this time at a facility outside Albany, N.Y., months after workers on Staten Island formed the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse. While Amazon pursues legal challenges to that historic union …

Amazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a historic union win at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York, handing victory to organizers in what could be a very long battle for recognition. Thursday’s win is a relief for the Amazon Labor Union, the grassroots group of former and current …

Apple’s 3-day Work from Office policy upsets section of ‘employees’: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Apple’s 3-day Work from Office policy upsets section of ‘employees’: Report

Hindustan Times  

The decision of Apple Inc. to call its employees to office at least three days a week has triggered protests where some sections of Apple employees have started a petition in demand of a more flexible working environment, The Wall Street Journal reported. They have launched the petition, being vexed by Apple's decision of mandating a general return to office …

Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last
2 years, 4 months ago

Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last

LA Times  

American labor leaders see this as a moment for radical change: Workers at Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses are rising up and demanding representation. “There’s a great reckoning and workers have had it,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, one of the largest and most influential unions. “The winds have been at workers’ back …

Biden says he is ‘proud’ of Apple retail workers who unionized
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden says he is ‘proud’ of Apple retail workers who unionized

CNN  

CNN Business — President Joe Biden said he was “proud” of Apple’s retail workers in Towson, Maryland, who voted this weekendto form the first-ever labor union at one of the tech giant’s US stores. Apple store employees at the Towson Town Center, a mall near Baltimore, voted by a nearly two-to-one margin to form a union, according to Saturday’s tally …

Maryland Apple workers face hurdles after vote to unionize
2 years, 6 months ago

Maryland Apple workers face hurdles after vote to unionize

Associated Press  

— The historic vote by employees of a Maryland Apple store to unionize — a first for the technology giant — is a significant step in a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers. The Apple retail workers in Towson, Maryland, voted 65-33 to seek entry into the International Association of …

Maryland Apple store union vote marks latest in labor drives
2 years, 6 months ago

Maryland Apple store union vote marks latest in labor drives

Associated Press  

Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on Saturday. At least 150 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since then, according to the National Labor Relations Board, and at least 10 stores have rejected the union. AMAZON Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize in …

Apple Inc workers in Maryland, US vote to join a union
2 years, 6 months ago

Apple Inc workers in Maryland, US vote to join a union

Al Jazeera  

Workers in Maryland become the first retail employees of Apple Inc to unionize in the US. Apple Inc workers in the city of Maryland in the United States have voted to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the country. The local workers, forming the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, “have the …

Union wins right to represent workers at an Apple store for first time
2 years, 6 months ago

Union wins right to represent workers at an Apple store for first time

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Apple workers in Towson, Maryland, have voted to form the first-ever labor union at one of the tech giant’s US stores. “We are pleased to offer very strong compensation and benefits for full time and part time employees, including health care, tuition reimbursement, new parental leave, paid family leave, annual stock grants and many other …

America’s workers gained power during Covid. A volatile economy will put that to the test
2 years, 6 months ago

America’s workers gained power during Covid. A volatile economy will put that to the test

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — The pandemic shone a spotlight on the vast disparities in benefits and rights among America’s workforce and helped fuel a movement to unionize more workers. Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times/AP In April, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island were the first to vote to successfully unionize in the company’s history; what began as …

California is now home to two unionized Starbucks stores
2 years, 7 months ago

California is now home to two unionized Starbucks stores

LA Times  

Workers at two Starbucks stores in Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly to join a union, becoming the first locations of the coffee giant in California to unionize. Workers at two Starbucks stores in Santa Cruz have unionized, becoming the first stores in California to join the ballooning ranks of the coffee giant’s organized baristas and shift supervisors. Workers at both Santa …

Maryland Apple store employees launch union drive
2 years, 7 months ago

Maryland Apple store employees launch union drive

The Hindu  

A group of employees at an Apple Inc store in Maryland started a drive to form a union on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. Organisers at the Towson Mall store near Baltimore said they had signatures from more than 65% of employees who are likely to be eligible, according to the report. Workers at an Apple store in Atlanta in …

Employees at another Apple store are unionizing, this time in Maryland
2 years, 7 months ago

Employees at another Apple store are unionizing, this time in Maryland

NPR  

Employees at another Apple store are unionizing, this time in Maryland Enlarge this image toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Ng Han Guan/AP Employees at an Apple store in suburban Maryland have begun unionizing, organizers announced Tuesday. They sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook saying the majority of employees at the store support forming a union. We are pleased …

Amazon defeats drive to unionize second New York facility
2 years, 7 months ago

Amazon defeats drive to unionize second New York facility

Al Jazeera  

Amazon workers at a facility in Staten Island voted not to join an upstart union weeks after the group won a major victory at a warehouse across the street. Amazon.com Inc. workers at a facility in New York voted not to join an upstart union only weeks after the group won a resounding victory at a warehouse across the street. …

Apple employees demand more flexibility in return-to-work plan
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple employees demand more flexibility in return-to-work plan

CNN  

CNN Business — Some Apple employees are pushing back on the tech giant’s return to office pilot program, which will soon require most of its corporate workers to be in the office at least three days per week. “How can we understand what problems of remote work need solving in our products, if we don’t live it?” reads an open …

Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration. Among other things, the nascent Amazon Labor Union, or ALU, has said it wants longer breaks for warehouse employees, more time off and a dramatically higher minimum hourly wage …

Column: Why Starbucks has become a huge unionization target — and why the company is in a panic
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Why Starbucks has become a huge unionization target — and why the company is in a panic

LA Times  

On April 7, Madison Hall, a barista and union organizer at the Starbucks store on Long Beach’s bustling 2nd Street commercial strip, was invited to a session the next day to “meet with and co-create with upper-level management,” Hall says. “Because Starbucks is a front-facing company considered ‘essential,’” Workers United organizing chief Richard Minter says, “the pandemic exacerbated the employer-employee …

Workers unionize at flagship Seattle Starbucks roastery
2 years, 8 months ago

Workers unionize at flagship Seattle Starbucks roastery

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s flagship roastery in Seattle voted Thursday to form a union, the chain’s latest location to form a collective bargaining unit. The Starbucks Reserve and Roastery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood is the business’s second to unionize in its hometown of Seattle. “A big part of it is just that we don’t have …

Workers at Atlanta Apple store file to hold first U.S. union election
2 years, 8 months ago

Workers at Atlanta Apple store file to hold first U.S. union election

The Hindu  

Workers at an Apple Inc store in Atlanta on Wednesday filed a petition to hold a union election, seeking to become the company’s first U.S. store to unionise amid a wave of labor activity at other major firms. The effort at the Apple store in Cumberland Mall is backed by the Communications Workers of America, according to a news release …

Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election

CNN  

CNN Business — Workers at an Apple Store in Atlanta filed for a union election on Wednesday in a bid to become the first group of retail employees at the tech giant to unionize. Over 70% of the 100-plus eligible workers at the store in Atlanta’s Cumberland Mall have signed union authorization cards, according to the labor union Communications Workers …

Amazon workers in small New Jersey facility file for union election
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon workers in small New Jersey facility file for union election

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc workers at a small facility in New Jersey have shown enough interest to hold a vote on unionising, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board said on Monday. At least 60 of 200 workers from Amazon's DNK5 depot in Bayonne, New Jersey, have submitted cards seeking to organise as part of Local 713 International Brotherhood of the Trade Union, …

Employees at a New York Apple store are trying to unionize
2 years, 8 months ago

Employees at a New York Apple store are trying to unionize

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Some employees at the Apple store at New York’s Grand Central Terminal are seeking to form a union, the latest high-profile labor organizing effort to take root in the pandemic era. A person familiar with the matter told CNN Business that workers at the Grand Central Apple store have begun collecting signatures to file a …

Starbucks unionization effort explodes as 200 stores seek elections despite company's scorched-earth strategy
2 years, 8 months ago

Starbucks unionization effort explodes as 200 stores seek elections despite company's scorched-earth strategy

Raw Story  

We speak with Starbucks Workers United organizer and barista Jaz Brisack on the growing Starbucks union drive that has swept across 30 U.S. states since she helped successfully organize the first U.S. unionized location in Buffalo, New York, last December. Brisack also talks about Amazon’s first union in Staten Island, New York, saying the move “shows we as workers and …

Amazon’s first US union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon’s first US union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York went head-to-head with Amazon in a union election, many compared it to a David and Goliath battle. Instead, he chose an independent path, believing workers organizing themselves would be more effective and undercut Amazon’s narrative that “third party” groups were driving union …

Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who has been leading the ALU in its fight on Staten Island, bounded …

Amazon Workers On Staten Island Vote To Form Union In Historic Upset
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon Workers On Staten Island Vote To Form Union In Historic Upset

Huff Post  

People arrive for work at JFK8, the Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York, where workers voted to unionize. via Associated Press In a historic win for the labor movement, warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York, have voted to form the first union inside an Amazon facility in the U.S. Employees at the company’s fulfillment center known as …

Workers in New York vote to form Amazon's first-ever union in US
2 years, 8 months ago

Workers in New York vote to form Amazon's first-ever union in US

Raw Story  

This is a breaking news story. Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York won their election Friday to form the retail giant's first-ever union in the United States, a landmark victory for the labor movement in the face of aggressive union-busting efforts from one of the world's most powerful companies. CNBCreported that "while the official vote tally hasn't been announced, …

‘I hope that everybody’s paying attention now’: Amazon workers cinch historic union vote
2 years, 8 months ago

‘I hope that everybody’s paying attention now’: Amazon workers cinch historic union vote

LA Times  

Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. Chris Smalls, an Amazon employee who was fired and who has been leading the Amazon Labor Union in its fight in Staten Island, bounded out …

Amazon workers at NYC warehouse vote to unionize
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon workers at NYC warehouse vote to unionize

Al Jazeera  

Amazon.com Inc. workers at a New York warehouse voted to join an upstart labor union, a historic victory that gives organized labor its first foothold in the company’s U.S. operations. It takes one of the biggest, and says you can organize anyone.” Chris Smalls, the leader of the New York effort and a former worker at the Staten Island facility, …

In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union
2 years, 8 months ago

In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

NPR  

In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize, a first for Amazon, and a stunning win for a grassroots campaign led by former and current Amazon employees. The Staten Island …

Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionise in historic labor win
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionise in historic labor win

The Hindu  

Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionise on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organising effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who has been leading the ALU in its fight on Staten Island, bounded out the NLRB …

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