Unions

Court Rejects Starbucks’ Challenge To US Labor Board

December 30, 2024 Reuters, Portside. Resist! NLRB, Philadelphia, Retaliation, Starbucks, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

A federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union. The third US circuit court of appeals said the coffee shop giant lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of administrative law judges of the NLRB, the government agency that is set up to enforce labor laws in the US concerning labor practices and collective bargaining. The judgment represents a possible setback for companies such as Amazon, the Trader Joe’s grocery chain and SpaceX that have sought to limit the agency’s enforcement powers.

Portland: Workers Fight Sizzle Pie’s Union-Busting Tactics

December 28, 2024 Jey Clayton, Workers' World. Resist! Picketing, Portland, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

On December 21, following months of struggle and firings of pro-union employees, a group of workers picketed one of the Sizzle Pie locations in Portland. Supporters held signs in front of the restaurant and handed out a statement explaining the situation to customers. Some potential customers were deterred from entering and patronizing as they appeared shocked and even disgusted by the company’s tactics. Several passersby shouted support and jeered Sizzle Pie for its anti-worker policies. After asking for basic protections, including regular work hours for decent pay, Sizzle Pie employees have been met with legal threats against them for attempting to form a union.

How The LA Tenants Union Fights Displacement With Community

December 26, 2024 Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, In These Times. Strategize! California, Los Angeles, Tenants Union, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

The first LA Tenants Union meeting was a “renter’s rights workshop.” Soon, we realized, all three parts of that framework had to go. “Renter,” because we had to broaden our understanding of the populations who live in antagonism to rent, including people who live outside. “Workshop,” because we couldn’t just offer resources to individual tenants and send them on their way. “Rights,” because what few tenants had weren’t easy to use and didn’t stop landlords from acting otherwise. And the right we want to win, the human right to housing, will take another kind of housing system, another kind of state, and another kind of world.

Amazon Strike Takeaways: Walk-Outs Slowed Packages, Boosted Union Power

December 25, 2024 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. Resist! Amazon, Strikes, Teamsters, Unions

Amazon workers picketed their employer over the weekend through blisteringly frigid weather and, in New York, a flooded sidewalk as part of an escalating series of strikes by a minority of workers across the logistics behemoth’s supply chain. These strikes, waged from coast to coast at nine warehouses across Amazon’s supply chain, are part of a nationwide movement to consolidate organizing at the logistics giant in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). In 2022, the Teamsters launched a division to support organizing at Amazon. The union now represents 5,500 workers at the hulking JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island

Starbucks Workers Begin Five Day Strike In Seattle

December 25, 2024 Mathieu Chabaud and Clio Jensen, Fight Back! News. Resist! Seattle, Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Washington, Worker Rights and Jobs

Seattle, Washington – On Friday, December 20, Starbucks workers at five stores in Seattle went on strike. Anchored by the 24 hour picket line at the Reserve Roastery, one of Starbucks’ premiere stores, workers on these picket lines are planning to strike through December 24. Baristas are on an unfair labor practice strike after the company has continually stalled negotiations and engaged in bad faith bargaining. Starbucks workers say the company has not been willing to agree to pay that meets workers’ needs. “We make our store so much money, we make Starbucks so much money,” said Bruce Halstead, a striking worker at the Reserve Roastery.

Starbucks Barista Strike Spreads To 300 Stores Across United States

December 24, 2024 John Zangas, DC Media Group. Resist! Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Washington DC—Over 5000 baristas walked off their jobs on Christmas eve in the largest action ever taken against Starbucks corporation. It was the fifth day of an escalating strike stretching from coast to coast across the country. The action involved over 300 stores that had previously voted to join Starbucks Workers United Union (SBWU) according to a press release from the union. The strike comes amidst growing tensions between SBWU Union representatives and Starbucks corporate lawyers after 98% of union members voted to reject a wage increase of less than 2%.

How Union Democracy Builds Labor’s Strike Power

December 24, 2024 Alex Press, Dissent Magazine. Strategize! Democracy, Unions, United Auto Workers (UAW), Worker Rights and Jobs

Scott Houldieson had some questions. He had worked at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 551, since 1989, but in the late 2000s the company was in a financial hole following the Great Recession, and the leaders of the UAW told him and his fellow coworkers that they were going to have to give up some of the benefits that had long made auto work a good blue-collar job. Houldieson understood that times were hard; he’d seen the quarterly reports showing gigantic losses for the company, even if it wasn’t facing bankruptcy like its competitors, but something still didn’t compute.

Interviews With Amazon Workers Organizing A Historic Strike

December 22, 2024 Luigi Morris, Left Voice. Resist! Amazon, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Amazon workers at a number of facilities across the country recently began a historic strike, leveraging the breakneck pace of the holiday season to launch a struggle against the company that has become the face of modern exploitation. This is the first national strike against Amazon, the second largest company in the world, and the largest action so far against the employer. Less than four years ago, Amazon workers at the JFK8 facility in New York set the stage for the strike after forming the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and inspiring a wave of unionizations across the country.

‘We Make Them Billions, Everyday!’: Amazon Workers Hold The Line

December 21, 2024 People's Dispatch. Resist! Amazon, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Amazon workers at facilities across the country are out on an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike, demanding that the company recognize their union and begin negotiations for a contract. “Momentum continues to mount as more workers fight for fair treatment from this $2 trillion corporation,” wrote the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The thousands of Amazon workers on strike across the country are organized with the Teamsters, one of the largest unions in North America and which led a historic and successful struggle against shipping giant UPS in 2023. “The Amazon Teamsters movement grows bigger and stronger every day and will not be stopped.”

Montreal Port Workers Have One Last Chance To Reach A Deal

December 21, 2024 Liam O'Toole, Labor Notes. Resist! Canada, Ports, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

At the Port of Montréal, nearly 1,200 longshore workers have been ordered into binding arbitration by the Canadian government following a 10-day lockout. There’s still one final chance to reach a consensual agreement. The Syndicat des Débardeurs (Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375) and the Maritime Employers Association have entered a 90-day period of mediation. During this period, they are to refrain from making any public statements. If the mediated negotiations fail, a new contract will be imposed by the federal government. Longshore workers at the port have been working without a contract since December 31, 2023. Their biggest concerns are scheduling, workplace rules, and forced overtime.

Generation U Raises Its Head With A Roar

December 21, 2024 Madeleine Freeman, Left Voice. Strategize! Amazon, Generation U, Starbucks, Strikes, Unions

In the middle of the holiday rush and massive profits for big business, Starbucks workers have just joined Amazon workers and gone on strike against one of the largest corporations in the country. Hundreds of workers are rising up against these union-busting companies who refuse to negotiate contracts that would guarantee real wage increases, job protections, and other much-need improvements to working conditions. Amazon and Starbucks workers, who have been at the forefront of a new wave of labor organizing amongst precarious sectors of workers in recent years, have had enough.

Amazon Workers Launch Largest Strike Yet

December 20, 2024 Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. Resist! Amazon, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers at seven facilities in the metro areas of San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Southern California, and New York City are out on strike today, in what the union says is the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. Unionized workers at Staten Island’s JFK8 fulfillment center have also authorized a strike and could soon follow. Workers in all these locations—five delivery stations and two fulfillment centers—have already shown majority support and demanded union recognition. The Teamsters set Amazon an ultimatum: recognize the unions and agree to bargaining by December 15, or face strikes. Amazon hasn’t moved.

Baristas Vote To Serve Starbucks CEO A Hot Strike

December 20, 2024 John Zangas, DC Media Group. Resist! Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Washington DC—Just in time for the holidays, over 10,000 Starbucks Baristas voted to strike at up to 537 stores across the country. The vote comes after top management made a final offer of a paltry 2% raise on a contract negotiated over the last 8 months. Baristas in three States will stop brewing lattes and blending frappuccinos starting Friday morning at the start of the busiest shopping weekend before Christmas. The escalating strike will begin in Seattle, LA, and Chicago, and will spread to other locations across the country.

Forcing Postal Workers Back To Work Misuse Of Labour Code

December 20, 2024 Gabriela Calugay-Casuga, Rabble.ca. Resist! Canada, Postal Workers, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Canada Post workers have been on strike for five weeks. On Tuesday morning, legal strike action ended after a decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) which said operations were to resume. On Friday, labour minister Steve MacKinnon asked CIRB to investigate whether the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post were likely to reach a deal before the end of 2024. The Board found an agreement before the end of the year was unlikely and ordered postal workers back on the job.

Teamsters Launch Largest Strike Against Amazon In American History

December 19, 2024 Daniel Moskowitz, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Resist! Amazon, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

The Teamsters launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history beginning at 6 a.m. EST on Thursday, December 19. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters. “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible."

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