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Thirty-One Days Inside the First North Carolina Starbucks to Organize for a Union
Conversations about unionizing began as a joke—not anymore.
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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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Investor group led by Trillium urges Starbucks to adopt neutral policy toward union efforts
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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Starbucks Illegally Retaliated Against Pro-Union Workers, Labor Officials Allege
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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March organized in support of fired Memphis Starbucks workers
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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Three Starbucks Stores Unionize In A Single Afternoon
Three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores Wednesday voted to organize with Starbucks Workers United following a months-long campaign marked by legal wrangling and accusations of union-busting.
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Starbucks Workers at 3 More Buffalo-Area Stores Vote to Unionize
Employees at three more Buffalo-area Starbucks have voted to unionize, bringing the total number of company-owned stores with a union to six, out of roughly 9,000 nationwide.
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