Organizing
Oak Creek Starbucks employees intend to unionize, joining growing movement
Employees at a Oak Creek Starbucks, 8880 Howell Ave., announced Friday their intention to unionize with Workers United.
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Statements
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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Organizing
Lansing Starbucks, 3 other Michigan locations, may unionize
Four Michigan Starbucks stores, including one in Lansing, may unionize. The move comes only two months after workers at a corporate Starbucks in Buffalo, NY voted to join a union.
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Organizing
Starbucks workers find unionization success with grassroots push
Organizing coffee chain outlets one by one succeeds where other attempts have failed
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Organizing
Workers at two Philly Starbucks stores want to unionize
Starbucks workers at two Philadelphia stores took a key step in forming a union last Friday, accelerating a budding labor movement at the coffee giant that has seen employees at dozens of the chain’s locations nationwide try to organize.
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Opinion
Opinion: How the Great Resignation is bringing efforts to unionize Starbucks to a boil
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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Organizing
Rochester Starbucks announce plans to unionize
Starbucks workers in the Rochester area Monday looked to follow many other Starbucks employees in an effort to unionize. The Mt. Hope location and the location in the Whole Foods project in Brighton are both looking to unionize.
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