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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…
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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…

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…

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…