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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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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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Black History Month, 2022
As we look at our past, we must never forget the individuals, black and white, who sacrificed years, and in some cases, their lives, so that we could enjoy the freedoms that exist in America today.
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Ramos, Bronson Introduce New Legislation to Establish Minimum Standards Council for Nail Salon Industry
With Broad Support, this Legislation Would Set a Model for Establishing Industry-Wide Standards for Nail Salon Workers.
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First Two Virginia Stores to Join Starbucks Movement
Starbucks partners in the Greater Richmond Region submitted petitions to the NLRB seeking union representation by Starbucks Workers United.
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NLRB rules again that Starbucks partners can vote at individual stores
The victory is the same outcome from the previous NLRB hearing decided in October in which the NLRB ruled that as per decades of established labor law, partners at the Starbucks location could have individual store votes on whether or not to join a union.
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Genesee vote certified - second Starbucks unionized
Starbucks partners at Genesee St. won a major victory when the NLRB ruled that the attempt by Starbucks to pack the voting list with partners from another store was not legitimate.
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