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 regional director for the National Labor Relations Board said in the filing that the company’s managers retaliated against pro-union employees in Arizona. One worker, Laila Dalton, was suspended while another, Alyssa Sanchez, eventually lost her job.
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The Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, led the march from Benjamin L. Hooks Library to the Starbucks at 3388 Poplar Ave. to support the Starbucks employees fired in February while in the midst of union organizing.
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Three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores Wednesday voted to organize with Starbucks Workers United following a months-long campaign marked by legal wrangling and accusations of union-busting.
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Employees at three more Buffalo-area Starbucks have voted to unionize, bringing the total number of company-owned stores with a union to six, out of roughly 9,000 nationwide.
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Baristas at the Norman Highway 9 and Classen Store are now the second Starbucks crew in Oklahoma to sign cards asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to start the process for a union election.
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Starbucks located on West Jackson Avenue in Oxford has become the first location in Mississippi to announce plans to unionize as a part of Starbucks Workers United.
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