Kim accuses the Chinese-American Planning Council of rampant wage theft—and, in coordination with 1199SEIU, of blocking workers’ access to the courts.
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‘Trucking Action Plan’ Missing in Action
The White House effort on trucking is too focused on finding more drivers and not focused enough on making trucking jobs better.
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New Kellogg Contract Opens the Floodgates for Exploitation
BCTGM and Kellogg ratified a new five-year contract earlier this week after workers went on strike in October. Despite the short-term gains, many workers are skeptical.
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The Unionized Starbucks in Your Neighborhood
Thousands of baristas are already unionized, at the Starbucks kiosks in supermarkets, airports, hotels, and other locations.
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Kellogg Is Digging Its Own Grave
The company’s 1,400 striking workers want to replace an unequal two-tier wage system. While Kellogg fights to preserve it, quality and customer loyalty suffer.
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Pharmacists Stage Walkout in Early Unionization Effort
Thousands of pharmacists are protesting low pay and increased workloads.
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Will Starbucks Bargain With Its Baristas, or Just Pretend To?
Many newly unionized employers go discreetly AWOL (or worse) when it comes to negotiating a first contract. Coffee drinkers shouldn’t let Starbucks get away with that.
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The Union of Autoworkers and Grad Students
With last week’s victory at the University of California, roughly 100,000 UAW members work for universities.
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Just How Exceptional Are the Buffalo Baristas?
They’ve unionized one Starbucks. They symbolize a fed-up proletariat. But does their victory portend anything further?
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Throwing Money at People—Not Corporations—to Come to Town
Tulsa pays remote workers to move there, and it’s proved to be a better strategy than paying corporations to relocate there.
