Workers United – SEIU joins the global labor movement in strongly condemning the murder of Shahidul Islam, an organizer who was killed for standing up for the rights of garment workers in Bangladesh. Shahidul was a senior organizer with the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF) and President of BGIWF’s Gazipur district committee. Shahidul was beaten to death in retaliation for supporting workers at the Prince Jacquard Sweater Ltd. factory, where BGIWF had been organizing for the last few months. Workers United – SEIU expresses its deepest sympathies to the family of Shahidul Islam and to our sisters and brothers at BGIWF. We stand in solidarity with these courageous leaders fighting for respect and dignity at work.
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A union drive at Starbucks (SBUX) stores nationwide that began weeks ago at a store in Buffalo, New York has spread to 54 locations in 19 states, organizers said this week
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The restaurant and food service industry, long known for low pay and less than optimal working conditions, is one of the hot spots of the labor movement that has come to be known as the Great Resignation.
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Employees at Starbucks locations in Cleveland Circle and Lower Allston began steps to form a union, joining two other Boston-area locations in a growing labor movement of cafe workers across the Greater Boston area.
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Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post wins the January Sidney Award for “The worker revolt comes to a Dollar General in Connecticut,” a deeply reported piece that chronicles a struggle for job security and respect at an outpost of the discount retailer.
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After three stores in Buffalo held elections, the process has snowballed, with more than a dozen more stores across the country filing to hold elections.
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A Starbucks location in Eugene was the first in Oregon to file a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board last week, the first step toward a unionization vote.
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