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Another Starbucks Store Votes To Unionize
The store in Arizona joins two in New York as the only corporate Starbucks stores with a union.
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Workers United – SEIU strongly condemns the murder of Shahidul Islam, an organizer who was killed for standing up for the rights of garment workers in Bangladesh.
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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Starbucks Strategy for Responding to Union Elections Is Dealt a Setback
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that single Starbucks stores, not multiple locations in an area, were the proper jurisdictions for unionization votes.
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Haiti Garment Workers Deserve $15 Per Day
The weeks-long garment workers strike in Haiti is emblematic of international corporations promoting slave labor and putting profits above lives.
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Starbucks Tries To Slow Union Elections But Misses Legal Deadline By 8 Minutes
The coffee chain's legal team said Microsoft Outlook crashed as it was emailing the files. A labor board official didn't have much sympathy.
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Starbucks Is Retaliating Against Union Leaders, Fired Worker Cassie Fleischer Says
Starbucks worker who was fired from her job at the coffee chain's first unionized store says she believes the company is retaliating against her and others for leading unionizing efforts.
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Phoenix Baristas Claim Starbucks Spied on Workers, Trying to Bust the Union
Starbucks managers responsible for a bustling drive-thru location in North Phoenix are accused of employee surveillance and attempting to dissuade them against unionizing, federal labor records obtained by Phoenix New Times shows.
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