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The Latest Breaking News from National Labor Relations Board

Starbucks says employees getting new benefits, but not at stores that are unionizing

On an investor call, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company was investing $1 billion to raise wages, enhance benefits and modernize stores. But unionized stores won't get some of that.

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Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election

An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

WEKU

Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing

Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.

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Cary store becomes 1st Chicago-area Starbucks to unionize

The vote to join an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union was 17-4 in a count supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

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.

Los Angeles Times

Nintendo faces labor complaint filed by former employee

The company and staffing agency Aston Carter was cited in the NLBR complaint.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Union drive at Manhattan roastery shows spirit of Starbucks workers

Since the first successful drive in Buffalo, 18 US locations have unionized – including at the chichi New York ‘reserve’

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NLRB lawyer seeks to toss out company meetings on unions

The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board is asking the board to rule that mandatory meetings held by some companies to persuade their workers to reject unions is a violation of federal labor law

The Independent UK

Amazon's Unionization Would Hit Its Profitability, Morgan Stanley Says

Morgan Stanley analysts saw Amazon.com Inc's (NASDAQ:AMZN) unionization decision driving costs, CNBC reports. Morgan Stanley analysts saw Amazon's 2023 operating expenses increasing by $203 million on hiking JFK8 employees' hourly wages to $29. It served a tiny fraction of Amazon's annual operating costs, which reached $445 billion in 2021. Every 1% of Amazon's front-line…

Benzinga

Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement

April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history of American unions.

The Conversation

Amazon Receives a Violent Slap That Sends Warning to Other Tech Giants

The group founded by Jeff Bezos has been facing a showdown for several years now, in which it has just lost an important round.

The Street

Amazon workers in New York vote to unionize in US first

New York (AFP) - Amazon workers in New York voted Friday to launch the first US union at the e-commerce giant, an underdog upset against a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce.

AFP

‘Locked out by a robot’: Amazon Fresh accused of retaliation to union drive

Several unfair labor practice charges filed with the NLRB as a Seattle Amazon Fresh grocery store resists efforts to unionize

The Guardian - US

US workers in new push for level playing field in unionization efforts

Workers are calling for the National Labor Relations Board to ban captive audience meetings and make organizing easier

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Activision workers are optimistic after labor board hearing: "Democracy will win"

Amidst the ongoing hearings involving Activision Blizzard, unionizing employees are optimistic for the decision the National Labor Relations board will reach.

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks union campaign reaches 5 Chicago-area sites

Employees have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union election, part of a national organizing effort with the Service Employees International Union.

Input

Amazon hit with another anti-union complaint from warehouse workers

The Bessemer union's second vote was called after the National Labor Relations Board deemed Amazon's conduct during an initial round was illegal.

Reason

Whole Foods Fight Over Black Lives Matter Masks Pits National Labor Relations Board Against Free Speech

Should Whole Foods be allowed to stop staff from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job?

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