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A Coffee Giant Springs More Leaks
Starbucks experienced a hole in the dike in December with employees at one Buffalo, NY location voting to create their first unionized cafe in the company’s 50-year history. The very existence of Starbucks Workers United (part of Workers United, an SEIU affiliate), without a doubt, points towards ramped-up union activity in a previously difficult-to-organize industry, partially due to high turnover among staff.
In the aftermath of the coffeehouse giant’s seemingly invulnerable streak ending, an increasing number of the company’s 8,000+ cafes are looking to spring further leaks: - A second Starbucks in the Buffalo area voted to unionize with the NLRB confirming the news this week. Starbucks could choose to appeal within 10 days of this vote; if that appeal isn’t successful, the union vote becomes final, and the company must bargain with Starbucks Workers United. Conversely, the union lost an election at a third cafe in the Buffalo area, and the union is appealing that outcome.
- Starbucks employees throughout the U.S. are reportedly hoping to start a tidal wave. The NRLB ordered an election for an Arizona cafe, and workers in Massachusetts, Arizona, Oregon, Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey, and Tennessee also petitioned the NLRB for elections. Likewise, more Buffalo cafes and locations in Seattle (the home base of Starbucks and where it all began for them) wish to swiftly hop aboard the organizing bandwagon.
While the entire restaurant world watches, more developments are sure to come.
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Union Bailout
U.S. Labor Agencies Strike Deal To Share Enforcement Information
https://lri.link/3ffefxT
Double Trouble: DOL’s Wage And Hour Division And NLRB Agree to Coordinate Information Sharing, Investigations, And Enforcement Activities
https://lri.link/3r6OZ2C
NLRB Revisiting Business-Friendly Decision On Workplace Rules
https://lri.link/3GjTVHN
NLRB Says Trump Appointee's Conflicts Warrant Review Of Rulings
https://lri.link/3tpySzE
Democrat-led NLRB Eyes New Independent Contractor And Joint Employer Tests
https://lri.link/3zWNWWT
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Covid-19’s Impact On Healthcare
Asymptomatic Infected Health Care Workers Can Work, California Says
https://lri.link/34NiwXH
Nurses Union Slams 'Return to Work' COVID Guidelines In California
https://lri.link/33r3ndA
Nurses Are Disappointed By The CDC Easing Isolation Rules, Union Says
https://lri.link/3zl4uHM
Riverside Hospital Union Employees Plan Walkout Over Working Conditions
https://lri.link/34KewHl
Kaiser Workers Plan MLK Day Strike
https://lri.link/3tinXIm
Niagara Health Puts Mandatory Vaccination Policy On Hold, Citing 'Intensity' Of Omicron
https://lri.link/3nhAjfJ
U.S. Hospitals Struggle to Match Walmart Pay As Staff Flees Omicron
https://lri.link/3qfwtWs
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Organizing
Amazon Workers In Alabama Will Begin Voting Again On Unionization In February
https://lri.link/3fiJwQM
DNC Staffers Vote To Unionize With Midterms Approaching
https://lri.link/3GgNO6P
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Airline Woes
Delta Air Lines And A Union Spar Over Isolation Periods For Sick Workers
https://lri.link/3K6Prq3
Airlines Joined Labor Unions To Save The Industry. But They Have Split On Isolation Time For Vaxxed But Infected Workers
https://lri.link/3HWxSXR
Masking On Planes Now Pits Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Against Noncompliant Pilots
https://lri.link/3r8PCIQ
United Airlines: Employee Deaths Dropped To Zero After Vaccine Mandate
https://lri.link/3nl3Yoy
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Tech/Media
Workers At Image Comics Vote To Certify Union
https://lri.link/3FdJ7JT
Google Fiber Staff Seek Union Vote And Direct Negotiations With Alphabet
https://lri.link/3FhnJDz
Federal Labor Officials Claim New York Times Violated Workplace Law
https://lri.link/31KevC7
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Union Corruption
Gov. Hochul Must Prevent A Mob-Busting Bistate Commission From Unraveling
https://lri.link/3tbJ2DZ
********** Manufacturing
Workers Sick With Omicron Add To Manufacturing Woes. ‘The Hope Was That 2022 Would Get Better.’
https://lri.link/3ncBE7t
China's Omicron Outbreak Is Bad News For Global Supply Chains
https://lri.link/3qjMA5n
Southern California Ports Struggle To Trim Cargo Backlog As Omicron Surges
https://lri.link/3fdMMfZ
America's Largest Coal Miners Union Asks Manchin To Reconsider Opposition To Build Back Better
https://lri.link/3toDt5h
NLRB Looking Into 3 Charges Of Unfair Labor Practices Filed Against USW Union, ExxonMobil
https://lri.link/3njECay
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Retail
Strike at Kroger's King Soopers Stores Imminent As Union Talks Fail
https://lri.link/3qhwY27
********** Gig Economy
Gig Economy Companies Brace for Crucial Year as Challenges Mount
https://lri.link/3qiPZkP
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