Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract, though bargaining is at a standstill.
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Read More »January 12, 2023 Comments Off on As Starbucks unionizing slows, some strike, others skeptical
Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract, though bargaining is at a standstill.
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Read More »January 3, 2023 Comments Off on Video game workers in Md. form Microsoft’s first US labor union
A group of video game testers based in Maryland is forming Microsoft's first labor union in the U.S.
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Read More »December 14, 2022 Comments Off on Maryland public defenders vote to join state workers’ union
Maryland public defenders voted Tuesday to unionize after a two-year effort.
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Read More »December 5, 2022 Comments Off on Was this manslaughter or mercy?
Welcome to Monday, the 89th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. Here are some other news items. — British man will plead guilty to manslaughter in alleged mercy killing of wife. — Fired Harvard fencing coach faces bribery charge in ...
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Read More »December 2, 2022 Comments Off on Rail strike averted: Biden signs bill enforcing agreement
President Joe Biden signed a bill to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into a catastrophic recession.
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Read More »December 1, 2022 Comments Off on Congress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warnings
November 30, 2022 Comments Off on House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
November 29, 2022 Comments Off on Railroad unions decry Biden’s plan to block possible strike
Railroad unions decried President Joe Biden's call for Congress to intervene in their contract dispute.
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Read More »November 21, 2022 Comments Off on Consumers could pay price if railroads, unions can’t agree
Consumers could see higher gas prices and product shortages during the winter holiday season if railroads and all of their unions can't agree on new contracts.
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Read More »November 21, 2022 Comments Off on Enoch Pratt Free Library employees agree to unionize in landslide vote
Workers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library voted overwhelmingly to form a union.
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