Tag: Union-Busting
Starbucks Scatters, Abandons Union Workers With More Store Closings
by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks is closing 16 stores throughout the country, including two stores with unionized workforces and another awaiting election results. The company cited…
July 12, 2022
Why REI’s Progressive Image Is a Sham
Produced and edited by Libby Rainey and Meg Herschlein REI workers in California are unionizing. They’re the first REI store to file for a union…
July 12, 2022
Why Abortion Care Workers Are Unionizing After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned
Produced and edited by Libby Rainey and Meg Herschlein Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood workers are under tremendous stress and expecting…
July 1, 2022
Trader Joe’s Workers in Minneapolis Are Unionizing
Video produced and edited by Libby Rainey, Nicole Bardasz, and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen The Trader Joe’s union wave is spreading across the country. Minneapolis workers are…
June 30, 2022
The Untold History of Trader Joe’s Union Busting
Video produced and edited by Libby Rainey and Meg Herschlein Trader Joe’s has an untold history of illegal union-busting. Understanding it is key for workers…
June 28, 2022
Starbucks Fires Union Leader for Being Late Once in Her Five Years on the Job
by Jordan Zakarin Less than a week after her store in Buffalo won its union election, Starbucks has fired lead union organizer Victoria Conklin in…
June 27, 2022
Amazon Workers Take on Racist and Anti-Union Management
Video produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Ian McKenna Amazon is retaliating against Chicago warehouse workers who won a raise after striking in December.…
June 27, 2022
Starbucks’ New ‘Heritage Market’ Could Be a New Union-Busting Ploy, Workers Warn
by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks is forcing out most of the staff at several of its flagship Seattle stores, a stunning shakeup that some workers believe…
June 23, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Starbucks Memo Instructs Managers to Lie About Pay, Benefits
by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks corporate management is instructing store and regional managers to lie about wages and benefits to workers across the country. An internal…
June 15, 2022
Virginia Target Workers Are Organizing the Company’s First Union
Video produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen Target workers in Virginia are organizing to form the company’s first union amidst an anti-union…
June 14, 2022
Starbucks Closes Ithaca Store in Retaliation for Unionizing
Video produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen A Starbucks in Ithaca, NY has been open for 17 years. It was the busiest…
June 13, 2022
Howard Schultz Says Starbucks Will Never Engage With Union
by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has no plans to ever negotiate in good faith with Starbucks Workers United, the billionaire said Thursday. The…
June 10, 2022