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Weekend News & Commentary—October 16, 2022

In another major victory for workers and the labor movement, Apple retail employees at an Oklahoma City store became the second store to unionize

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In today’s News & Commentary, Starbucks continues to spar with the NLRB over mail-in election processes, Starbucks closes another unionized

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In 2021, Amazon spent $4.3 million on union-busting, paying labor-consulting firms $3,200 a day to suppress worker power. Per diem, UPS spent

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In today’s News & Commentary: Amazon workers in warehouses in Illinois and Georgia stage a walk-out in advance of the Prime Day Early Access

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In today’s News & Commentary, the third largest railroad union votes to reject labor deal; workers at the University of Minnesota have

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“Quiet quitting” catalyzed one of the biggest internet trends of 2022. Popularized by a summertime TikTok video posted by a 24-year-old New York

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In today’s news and commentary: The NLRB filed a complaint against Starbucks for violating federal labor law with anti-union tactics in Texas; a

4 min read 2022-10-10 21:17:00

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in its first major labor law case of the 2022-2023 term. In Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International

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In this weekend’s news and commentary, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that Starbucks illegally fired a Michigan employee; Labor

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In today’s news and commentary: the Supreme Court granted cert in a case involving NLRA preemption of state tort claims; and the 9th Circuit held

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In today’s News and Commentary: more uncertainty about the future of DACA, layoffs at General Electric, age discrimination in hiring, and how to

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In today’s news and commentary, Amazon suspends fifty ALU members for engaging in a concerted work stoppage, the NLRB issues a complaint against

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In today’s Tech@Work: The DOJ warns employers that recruiting platforms may put them at risk of violating immigration laws. Additionally,

4 min read 2022-10-03 20:00:00

Organizing in break rooms and cafeterias has been a key strategy of the Amazon Labor Union and contributed to its successful Staten Island union

4 min read 2022-10-02 22:59:00

On Friday, an analysis published by the Center of Public Integrity demonstrates that the recent spike in labor organizing—which has seen thousands