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News Articles: labor organizing

Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) will question Howard Schultz, who recently stepped down as Starbucks CEO, on the company's resistance to its workers unionizing.

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In clash with Bernie Sanders, Starbucks' Howard Schultz insists he's no union buster

A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks faces the outspoken champion of the union movement in Congress.

March 29, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Andrea Hsu
Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, take to the streets in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Union wins made big news this year. Here are 5 reasons why it's not the full story

Starbucks stores from coast to coast. An electric vehicle battery plant. The first Amazon warehouse in the U.S. All kinds of workplaces unionized in 2022, but winning elections is only the first step.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Alina Selyukh
Organizer Chris Smalls speaks after his Amazon Labor Union won a vote to form the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., in April.

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Quiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up to?

How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades.

September 05, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Andrea Hsu
Barista Steph Achter, who led the union campaign at the Milwaukee café now known as Likewise, has worked in different coffee shops for 17 years and wants others to be able to make a career of it as well.

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The barista uprising: Coffee shop workers ignite a union renewal

Baristas at Starbucks as well as independently owned coffeehouses have driven a surge in union organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Workers walk toward an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York, on April 25, 2022. It's the second Amazon facility on Staten Island to vote on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union.

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Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election

An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

May 02, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Starbucks shift supervisor Gailyn Berg and barista Tim Swicord outside of their store in Springfield, Virginia.

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Starbucks union campaign's streak of election wins ends with a loss in Virginia

Once seen as among the most generous of employers, Starbucks is now grappling with disillusionment among its workers. Since December, 20 stores have unionized with more filing for elections every day.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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Starbucks union push spreads to 54 stores in 19 states

Starbucks workers at 15 additional stores are petitioning for a a union election, pushing to organize cafes across the country. In Buffalo, the first store to unionize is negotiating a contract.

January 31, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Starbucks workers at three stores around Buffalo, N.Y., have voted on whether to join a union.

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Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor

Baristas and other workers from three stores voted whether to unionize. Starbucks fought the plan. Now

December 10, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Starbucks workers and organizers in Buffalo, N.Y., discuss efforts to unionize three local stores on Oct. 28.

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Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. union

Voting is ending at three stores around Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks had flown in executives to the area and asked federal officials to delay the ballot count.

December 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Tom Dinki
Workers and supporters hold signs after filing a petition requesting an election to form a union outside the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Amazon.com Inc. workers hoping to unionize four company facilities in Staten Island formally filed a petition with federal labor officials to hold a union election.

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Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for a union vote

Amazon workers in New York plan to take an initial step toward forming a union. Organizers say they have collected some 2,000 signatures for a union vote from warehouse workers on Staten Island.

October 25, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize.

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Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

August 03, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Stephan Bisaha
Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union.

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It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Vote tally is underway in a historic union election at Amazon's warehouse in Alabama.

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Amazon Union Election: 'No' Votes Outnumber 'Yes' Votes At End Of 1st Day Of Counting

Hand counting will continue on Friday. So far, more than two-thirds of the tallied votes are against unionizing.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A banner encourages workers to vote in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

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Why Is The Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A vote tally begins in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., pictured here on Feb. 6.

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Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

The results will determine whether Amazon gets its first U.S. warehouse union. It's been dubbed one of the most consequential union elections in recent history.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
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