Category: labor union

Over 2,000 Starbucks Workers Strike for Unionization at Over 100 US Stores

More than 2,000 workers at 112 Starbucks locations across the United States joined the first nationwide strike that lasted one day, in a year-long attempt at unionization. The coffee company owns roughly 9,000 locations in the United States with over 70,000 employees. The Starbucks employees walked off the job on Nov. 17, hoping to shut…


Ontario Labour Board Hearing Continues to Decide Fate of Union’s Strike

Ontario’s labour relations board is set to hear another day of testimony on the government’s application to stop job action from thousands of education workers who walked off the job on Nov. 4. The board began hearing arguments on Nov. 3 after Education Minister Stephen Lecce filed an application following the proclamation of the Keeping…


Ontario Labour Relations Board Hearing Continues in Effort to Decide Fate of Education Workers’ Strike

Ontario’s labour relations board is set to hear another day of testimony on the government’s application to stop job action from thousands of education workers who walked off the job on Nov. 4. The board began hearing arguments on Nov. 3 after Education Minister Stephen Lecce filed an application following the proclamation of the Keeping…


British Pubs Face Beer Shortage Amid Drivers’ Strike

British pubs are facing the prospect of a beer shortage, as the union for one of the United Kingdom’s largest brewery-delivery companies plans to go on strike at the end of the month. Around 1,000 employees at GXO Logistics, which is responsible for nearly 40 percent of beer deliveries to pubs and clubs in the United…


‘Excessive Engagement in Politics’ Causing Mass Exodus From Nation’s Largest Labor Unions: Analysts

According to a recent watchdog report, the nation’s largest public service employees union spent $1 out of every $5 in revenue collected through union dues on politics in 2021. According to a survey of 3,000 potential union members conducted in 2021, “excessive engagement in politics is the number one obstacle” preventing them from joining a union. According…


Starbucks to $130 or a Whopping $200? Here’s What the Chart Says

Starbucks Corporation is trading up more than 3 percent Tuesday after MKM Partners raised its price target on the stock from $114 to $130. The coffee chain is in the midst of a push to unionize and employees at three Starbucks stores in upstate New York have mailed in voting ballots, which are expected to…


Federal Workers Union Urges Biden to Postpone His Vaccine Deadline

A union representing more than 700,000 federal workers on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to delay a Nov. 22 COVID-19 vaccination deadline to Jan. 4 to align with a date set for contractors. The “urgent request” from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) comes after the White House pushed back the deadline for…


Federal Workers Union Urges Biden to Postpone His Vaccine Mandate Deadline

A union representing more than 700,000 federal workers on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to delay a Nov. 22 COVID-19 vaccination deadline to Jan. 4 to align with a date set for contractors. The “urgent request” from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) comes after the White House pushed back the deadline for…


FedEx Investors Approve CEO Pay, Proposals on Lobbying and ‘Golden Parachutes’

NEW YORK—FedEx Corp investors approved billionaire Chief Executive Fred Smith’s $54 million pay plan on Monday at the delivery company’s annual meeting, but rebuffed the corporate board’s recommendations on shareholder proposals on lobbying and outsized executive severance packages. Investors approved by more than 50 percent non-binding proposals for more disclosures on the company’s lobbying and…


American Airlines Pilots Are Going on Strike

By Emily Rella American Airlines (AAL) has made no shortage of headlines this summer—perhaps only a shortage of staffers. After a tumultuous season, the labor union representing the airline’s pilots has announced that it will begin “informational picketing” in three of the airline’s major hubs on account of fatigue, lack of “adequate accommodation” and an unjust…