TRENTON, NJ - Rep. Mikie Sherrill added a key endorsement to her growing list of organizational supporters today when the politically active and innovative union Workers United announced they will back her in the race for New Jersey Governor.
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Workers at a Starbucks store in Knoxville, Tennessee, voted eight to seven to form a union on Tuesday, becoming the first of the U.S. coffee chain's stores in the South to unionize,
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A second Starbucks cafe in Mesa, Arizona, has voted to unionize, continuing the coffee chain’s losing streak as its baristas organize.
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The 9-0 tally was the seventh union victory in the U.S. in a push that began last year.
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Several investors, led by Trillium Asset Management, are urging Starbucks to adopt a global policy of neutrality for all current and future attempts of its workers to organize.
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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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