Teamsters ratify first-ever national contract at Costco

Source: Teamsters New Master Agreement Protects 18,000 Costco Workers Coast-to-Coast The Teamsters made history today, securing a new master agreement protecting more than 18,000 workers at Costco nationwide. Ballots were counted at 5 p.m. ET before an independent observer in Portland, Ore., and the agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by a [...]

2022-10-24T15:00:27-07:00October 24th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Union Leaders From Amazon, Starbucks, REI And Apple Speak At HuffPost Labor Panel

By Dave Jamieson Source: HuffPost Workers who are leading some of today’s most notable union campaigns gathered at HuffPost’s New York City office on Wednesday to share their stories. The panel, “A New Labor Movement,” showcased workers from Amazon, Starbucks, REI and Apple. All of those companies have seen a [...]

2022-08-04T22:33:20-07:00August 4th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor.

By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times Employees at a Buffalo-area Starbucks store have voted to form a union, making it the only one of the nearly 9,000 company-owned stores in the United States to be organized and notching an important symbolic victory for labor at a time when [...]

2021-12-14T19:22:33-08:00December 14th, 2021|Tags: , , , , |

Starbucks baristas are on the verge of forming a union. The company is pushing back.

By Joanna Slater Source: The Washington Post Earlier this month, Howard Schultz, the man who built Starbucks into a global giant, traveled to this city for an unusual gathering of the company’s employees. Schultz talked about growing up poor in Brooklyn and the values that guide Starbucks. The company is [...]

2021-11-29T22:12:58-08:00November 29th, 2021|Tags: , , |
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