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Apr 20 2024
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Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join union
Volkswagen workers at the company's 3600-strong Tennesee plant have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Autoworkers Union. Shortly after 11 pm ETon Friday the National Labor Relations Board, the federal body that oversees such votes, announced that 73% of the 3,600 workers at the plant who cast ballots had voted in favor of joining the union. There was an 84% turnout among eligible voters
Boing BoingApr 18 2024
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Alabama Mercedes workers to vote on union representation
Thousand of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers will vote in May to determine if they want United Auto Workers (UAW) union representation. The election is set for May 13-17 and will be held in person in Vance, Ala. The National Labor Relations Board, which will administer the vote, will count the ballots on May 17. The vote comes as around 4,300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tenn
The HillApr 16 2024
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Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week
Employees at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant will vote on whether to unionize this week in the first test of the United Auto Workers’ new organization drive. The more than 4,000 workers at the Chattanooga plant will begin voting Wednesday and continue until 8 p.m. Friday. The pro-union push needs a simple majority to succeed. The countdown to a vote began last month, when the UAW
Washington TimesJan 09 2023
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Big Labor’s Astroturfed Unionization of Starbucks
Behind the scenes, the SEIU is orchestrating the Starbucks unionization campaign.
Just over a year ago, employees at the Elmwood Avenue Starbucks in Buffalo, N.Y., became the first in the country to unionize.
Since then, employees at about 350 Starbucks locations have filed unionization petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), over 270 of which have voted to
National Review (News)Apr 16 2024
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2 CVS pharmacies in Rhode Island file to unionize
Guild officials say understaffing at these retail stores has reached a “crisis level” for pharmacies across the US, as the industry faces severe shortages. Workers at pharmacies located in Westerly and in the Wakefield section of South Kingstown filed their petitions to the National Labor Relations Board, according to Guild officials. The actions come three weeks after workers at CVS Omnicare
The Boston GlobeApr 14 2024
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Burnes labors through 5 in start vs. Brewers
BALTIMORE -- Milwaukee's offensive tear finally ran into a roadblock in the form of the Brewers' former ace. Not that Corbin Burnes had it easy. Burnes allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, and Baltimore's new star pitcher left after five innings Sunday against the Brewers. He allowed three runs along with six hits and two walks, but he struck out five and pitched out of trouble
ESPN.comApr 22 2024
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Court to mull injunction in Starbucks case against Memphis union organizers - SCOTUSblog
Court to mull injunction in Starbucks case against Memphis union organizers Union organizing efforts at Starbucks probably are the most protracted labor dispute of the decade, and on Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear argument in a closely watched case arising from the company’s firing of seven employees at a Memphis branch. The workers, known as the Memphis 7, said they were fired in
SCOTUSblogApr 04 2024
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Town Of Southbury Employment Opportunity: Utility Laborer/Arborist
The Town of Southbury is hiring a full-time Utility Laborer/Arborist in the Public Works Highway Department. The position is represented by the Teamsters Local 443 Collective Bargaining Unit. Required hours are 40/week with the potential for overtime. Provides excellent medical benefits through the Teamsters union at no cost to the employee. Eligible to participate in the defined contribution
Patch.comApr 07 2024
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The Perilous Existence of a Hamptons Day Laborer
Early in the evening of Dec. 30, Julio Florencio Teo Gomez, a carpenter from Guatemala City who had shifted around different living situations on Long Island for more than a decade, went looking for money he was owed for a job he had completed before the holidays. Like so many other day laborers operating in the far reaches of Long Island, he had found the work at a roundup one morning in the
New York Times (News)Apr 04 2024
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Another Starbucks in Chicago wins union vote, becoming the 23rd location in Illinois to unionize
Starbucks employees at a Gage Park location voted to unionize, making it the 23rd store in Illinois to organize, as a nationwide labor movement continues among the coffee chain’s workers. Twelve employees at the location on 5807 S. Western Ave., which opened late last year, voted unanimously to join Starbucks Workers United, according to the union in a Thursday announcement. Starbucks Workers
Chicago Sun-Times