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Starbucks Partners, Workers United Win First Unionized Starbucks in U. S.
Elmwood Starbucks partners in Buffalo NY have won their union, the first in the U.S.
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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 workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor
Starbucks workers have voted to form their first U.S. union. Workers from one store in Buffalo, N.Y., voted to unionize, in a watershed moment for Starbucks, which operates 8,953 stores in the United States.
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‘Monumental victory’: Starbucks workers in Buffalo vote to unionize
On Thursday, Starbucks workers in Buffalo saw their store become the first company-owned Starbucks to unionize in its 50-year history.
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Starbucks Workers United claims another NLRB victory
Today the NLRB dismissed Starbucks' request and approved the counting of the ballots, signaling yet another win for the partners.
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Starbucks Loses Appeal in Union Vote Process
National Labor Relations Board decides to allow ballot tally in Buffalo, N.Y., to proceed on Thursday
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1,200 Winnipeg-based Canada Goose workers vote to unionize
Nearly nine in 10 Canada Goose employees who work at the company's Winnipeg production facility have voted to unionize.
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