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Starbucks workers ‘burnt out, sick and tired’
As company continues union-busting tactics, employees strike in Olympia and another store in Seattle files to unionize
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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 store in Tennessee votes to unionize - workers group
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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Second Starbucks location in Mesa, Arizona, votes to unionize
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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Good Karma Cafe workers to vote on forming a union
Workers at Good Karma Cafe will vote March 31 on whether to form a union, following a petition they filed to the National Labor Relations Board last month.
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Seattle Starbucks worker on unionization: ‘This movement is not stopping’
Seattle Starbucks Shift Manager Sydney Durkin joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the unionization vote win, worker bargaining demands moving forward, and the union outlook as Starbucks undergoes a CEO change.
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A Starbucks store in Seattle, the company’s hometown, votes to unionize
The 9-0 tally was the seventh union victory in the U.S. in a push that began last year.
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