After months of complaints over basic safety standards, a majority of workers in a fabrication plant demanded union recognition, but the company refused and retaliated.
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The Memo Writer
Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has outlined an agenda that would transform the American workplace.
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Starbucks Turns to Its Venerable Union-Buster
Today on TAP: Longtime CEO Howard Schultz has returned, apparently to squelch his baristas’ campaign for a voice on the job.
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Can the Government Level the Playing Field for Workers?
Today on TAP: The union campaigning to organize an Alabama Amazon warehouse is hoping it will.
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Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods
The yearly turnover rate among long-haul truckers is 94 percent. And you wonder why you’re not getting your orders on time?
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The NLRB Looks at the ‘Independent Contractor’ Scam
It’s inviting arguments and looking at cases that could enable it to turn such misclassified ‘contractors’ into what they actually are: employees.
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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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The Path to Unionization of Starbucks
Today on TAP: Why this image-conscious company is more vulnerable than your typical fast-food joint
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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?