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Starbucks Investors Demand the Company Stop Union-Busting as Stock Plummets

Video edited by Ian McKenna Starbucks stock has plummeted 31% since the company started its aggressive anti-union campaign. Major Starbucks investors, led by Trillium Asset…

Starbucks Is Waging War Against Union Leaders

Video produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Josh Hirschfeld Kroen Starbucks is firing union leaders during elections for increasingly preposterous reasons. One union leader…

Leaked Video: Apple VP Issues Anti-Union Warning To Retail Workers

By Libby Rainey & Nico Pitney Apple’s top retail executive sent an anti-union video to all Apple retail stores in the U.S. on Tuesday, marking…
Apple VP Anti-Union Video

Apple Retail Workers Attempt To Organize Company’s First U.S. Union

Video produced and edited by Libby Rainey and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen Apple Store workers in Maryland are attempting to form the company’s first U.S. union. They…

Amazon Fired A Pro-Union Worker. Workers Are Fighting Back.

Video produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg Herschlein Amazon fired a worker named Ezra Hudson who vocally supported the union drive in Bessemer,…

EXCLUSIVE: NLRB Files National Lawsuit Against Starbucks Over Anti-Worker Rules

by Jordan Zakarin The National Labor Relations Board has filed a major national lawsuit against Starbucks, charging that the company’s employee handbook imposes "overly-broad and…

Watch: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Illegally Threatens Workers During Earnings Call

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz violated federal law when he promised to provide new benefits only to non-unionizing employees, a labor law expert…
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Amazon Intensifying Union Busting At Second Staten Island Warehouse

Amazon has dramatically intensified its union-busting at LDJ 5, a second New York City facility where workers are voting to unionize. Amazon security repeatedly kicked…

In Leaked Video Call, Howard Schultz Begs Starbucks Managers to Step Up Union-Busting

by Jordan Zakarin Amid a growing union drive, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz last week implored the company's local and regional managers to more actively intervene…

Marijuana Growhouse Union: These Workers Could Form One of the First in Colorado

Workers at the cannabis company Green Dragon are trying to form one of the first growhouse unions in Colorado. But days after going public, Green…

Starbucks Fires a Military Trainee and Aspiring Pilot For Union Involvement

By Jordan Zakarin In mid-to-late January, Alyssa Sanchez asked her manager at a Phoenix, AZ Starbucks if she could modestly scale back her work schedule.…

Verizon Retail Workers Call for Nationwide Union Drive

Unionizing retail workers are standing up to Verizon in Washington state. Workers say they're facing pay cuts, understaffing, and unfair scheduling practices. Verizon made over…