The Latest Breaking News from Workers United

Starbucks sued the union organizing its workers Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation

Weak labor laws allow the coffee giant to avoid contract talks.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would support unionization if it's what the employees wanted. Now several Tesla workers reportedly find themselves fired.

"I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement and it’s shameful," one fired employee said.

The employees at the Buffalo, N.Y Tesla factory want to organize efforts to start a union for better pay and work conditions.

Tesla Inc. workers in New York state are launching a unionization campaign, teeing up a potential first for the electric-vehicle maker and the latest labor challenge for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.

CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee.

Voting for a union is one thing; achieving a contract is quite another if the employer is in no hurry to begin bargaining.

More than 1,000 baristas are planning to walk out, according to Starbucks Workers United. More than 264 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late last year.