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US labor movement faces big obstacles despite surge in strikes and union wins

Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws

The Guardian - US

GOP courts union support, but not when it comes to teachers - Roll Call

The GOP’s broad overtures toward unionized workers does not extend to teachers' unions, who remain a favorite target of Republican attacks.

Roll Call

Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?

Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

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‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on

Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals

The Guardian - US

Fledgling union efforts at Amazon, Starbucks dig in for long fight

New York (AFP) - Recent unionization drives at Starbucks and Amazon have lifted morale in the US labor movement, but organizers have yet to transform election victories into material change.

AFP

Workers at a Seattle Starbucks vote to unionize, hoping to send a signal of change to the food-service industry

SEATTLE — A mile away from the flagship location where Starbucks launched in Seattle 50 years ago, a small group of local Starbucks employees huddled around an iPad under the bright lights of a hotel conference room and watched as they became the only unionized company-owned store in town.

Tribune News Service

Amazon faces rising union push in United States

New York (AFP) - Christian Smalls no longer works at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in New York, but he still sees former colleagues every day at the bus stop as they head into work.

AFP

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