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1 week, 6 days ago

Amid intimidation claims, Wells Fargo investigators vote to unionize

LA Times

A Wells Fargo office in New York. “We look forward to creating an open dialogue with Wells Fargo to improve working conditions in our department,” said Roslynn Berkeland, an investigations associate at Wells Fargo, according to a news release by the Communications Workers of America, the parent union affiliated with Wells Fargo Workers United. In response to a request for …

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1 month ago

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Workers hired for a sprawling electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers as the union tries to expand its foothold in the South and among battery factories, the UAW said Wednesday. In a statement on its website, the union said it believes companies like Blue Oval SK …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Hollywood intimacy coordinators unanimously vote to unionize under SAG-AFTRA

LA Times

Intimacy coordinators have unanimously elected to unionize under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Intimacy coordinators are the professionals who help actors navigate scenes involving nudity, simulated sex and other sensitive scenarios on set. “In these sobering times with looming threats to environmental protections and women’s equality, it is refreshing to see the entertainment industry’s recognition …

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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 …

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3 months ago

SAG-AFTRA looks to unionize intimacy coordinators

LA Times

Intimacy coordinators join SAG-AFTRA members on strike on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York City. Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is making a bid to represent intimacy coordinators employed by companies in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The move comes four years after SAG-AFTRA set rules for the use of intimacy coordinators on film sets in the wake of …

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3 months ago

Push to unionize U.S. pharmacies gets boost in Redlands

LA Times

Workers at the CVS specialty pharmacy in Redlands have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to hold a union election. Dozens of employees at a CVS specialty pharmacy in Redlands filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to hold a union election. “We see this as an opportunity to stand up for our …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chipotle may have violated workers’ unionization rights, US labor board says

Associated Press

Chipotle Mexican Grill may have violated federal labor law in its treatment of employees at its only unionized store, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB said if Chipotle and the Teamsters don’t reach a settlement, its general counsel could file charges against the company that would be heard by the board’s administrative law judge. Workers at the …

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5 months ago

Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize

LA Times

Video game workers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the popular game “World of Warcraft” have voted to unionize. The more than 500 game developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the blockbuster video game “World of Warcraft” have elected to form a union, marking the latest entrant in a wave of unionizing efforts in the video game industry. “We …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. Following the decision, Starbucks said, “Consistent federal standards are important in ensuring that employees know their rights and consistent labor practices …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Illinois House speaker’s staff sues to unionize

Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Staff members for the Illinois House speaker on Friday filed a lawsuit demanding the right to negotiate working conditions as a union, something the speaker has said he supports. It Welch “Speaker Welch says he was ‘proud’ to stand with us back in October — while the cameras were rolling and the people were watching,” the association, …

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7 months ago

Union leader: Multibillion-dollar NCAA antitrust settlement won’t slow efforts to unionize players

Associated Press

BOSTON — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most appropriate in this case,” said Chris Peck, the president of the local …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Disneyland costumed character employees vote to unionize

LA Times

Disneyland Resort employees who portray costumed characters such as Mickey Mouse or Cinderella have voted to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Assn. The results of the vote, overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, come after a three-day election period in which employees, known as “cast members” in Disney parlance, placed their votes at three polling sites in Disneyland. “These …

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7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Hindustan Times

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama The voting at the two Mercedes …

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7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

The Independent

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7 months, 1 week ago

Wonderful Co. sues to halt California card-check law that made it easier to unionize farmworkers

LA Times

Gavin Newsom signed the law authorizing California’s new card-check system in 2022 after the United Farm Workers led workers on a 335-mile march from Delano to the state Capitol in support of the bill. Wonderful, the $6 billion agricultural powerhouse owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, said Monday it is suing the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board, challenging the constitutionality …

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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 …

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9 months ago

Long Beach Post staffers laid off after moving to unionize and going on strike

LA Times

The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that at least 60% of the bargaining unit received layoff notices shortly after newsroom employees moved to unionize and went on strike to protest the impending cuts. Chief Executive Melissa Evans and the board of directors of the Long Beach Journalism Initiative, the parent nonprofit of the Long Beach Post and the Long …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dartmouth men’s basketball vote to unionize seen as overdue milestone to college athlete advocates

Associated Press

For those who have led unsuccessful labor movements involving NCAA athletes, the vote by Dartmouth men’s basketball players to unionize felt momentous — even if they are still a long way from forming the first union in college sports. One that we believe should have been reached long ago,” said Ramogi Huma, a longtime advocate for college athletes who helped …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize

Associated Press

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model. In an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board in the school’s human resources offices, the players voted 13-2 to join Service Employees International …

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10 months ago

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Undergraduate student workers at California State University voted to join a union to negotiate better pay, sick time, paid parking and other benefits with the university, creating the largest such union in the country, officials announced Friday. The California Public Employment Relations Board said 7,252 student workers submitted electronic ballots between Jan. 25 and Feb. 22, with …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize

Associated Press

Workers who help bring Disneyland’s beloved characters to life — including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Cinderella — are looking to unionize. “It is uniquely important Disney remains a place that people view as magical, and I think that will improve that across the board.” Union membership has been on a decades-long decline in the United States, but organizations have …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Disneyland character performers move to unionize: ‘We are the Magic’

LA Times

Disneyland’s costumed characters and parade performers have announced their intent to unionize. Calling themselves “Magic United,” cast members in the Anaheim resort’s Characters and Parades departments said Tuesday that they plan to unionize with Actors’ Equity Assn., which represents 51,000 professional actors and stage members on Broadway and in live theater around the country. “We believe that our cast members …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Workers At The U.S.’s Largest Nuclear-Fuel Factory Plan To Unionize

Huff Post

Steam vents from cooling towers at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Georgia. Nearly 700 employees at the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, located 25 minutes southeast of Columbia, South Carolina, are set to vote on whether to form a union represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. “As a union member, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Restaurant workers wanted to unionize at this L.A. hotel. Now the restaurants are closing

LA Times

The entrance to the Hotel Figueroa on South Figueroa Street in downtown. Some food and beverage workers, many who worked alongside the unionized hospitality workers employed by Hotel Figueroa, started to agitate to also form a union and gain similar rights. In response, restaurant and bar workers employed by Noble 33 at Hotel Figueroa filed a complaint in January with …

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Amid intimidation claims, Wells Fargo investigators vote to unionize

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Hollywood intimacy coordinators unanimously vote to unionize under SAG-AFTRA

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

SAG-AFTRA looks to unionize intimacy coordinators

Push to unionize U.S. pharmacies gets boost in Redlands

Chipotle may have violated workers’ unionization rights, US labor board says

Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize

Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes

Illinois House speaker’s staff sues to unionize

Union leader: Multibillion-dollar NCAA antitrust settlement won’t slow efforts to unionize players

Disneyland costumed character employees vote to unionize

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Wonderful Co. sues to halt California card-check law that made it easier to unionize farmworkers

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

Long Beach Post staffers laid off after moving to unionize and going on strike

Dartmouth men’s basketball vote to unionize seen as overdue milestone to college athlete advocates

Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country

Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize

Disneyland character performers move to unionize: ‘We are the Magic’

Workers At The U.S.’s Largest Nuclear-Fuel Factory Plan To Unionize

Restaurant workers wanted to unionize at this L.A. hotel. Now the restaurants are closing