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Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history of American unions. In a result that could reverberate in workplaces across the U.S., the… -
Chris Smalls started Amazon's 1st union. He's now heard from workers at 50 warehouses
Chris Smalls is president of the newly minted Amazon Labor Union.It is the behemoth company's first U.S. union, and was born on Friday after a dramatic… -
Workers at grocery store and cafe in Jamaica Plain join movement to unionize
Leaders of City Feed's effort have collected union authorization cards from a supermajority of the 40 workers at the store’s two locations. -
Darwin’s baristas stage brief walkout in Cambridge amid 'stalled' contract negotiations
Workers say management has been slow to schedule bargaining sessions and reluctant to negotiate a contract, delays that workers describe as a “union-busting tactic.” -
Pro-union baristas in the Boston area say Starbucks is forcing them out but company denies retaliating
Local workers allege there have been dramatic cuts in hours, an uptick in write-ups for arbitrary offenses and an increased pressure from upper management. -
The U.S. added 678,000 jobs in February. It's another sign of a hot labor market
U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs last month as a resilient economy continues its recovery from the stubborn coronavirus pandemic. February's job gains… -
Elon Musk dares United Autoworkers to try to unionize Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a vocal union opponent, is now inviting the United Autoworkers to organize his company in an attempt to goad the labor union. Musk… -
Target is raising its minimum wage to as much as $24/hour
Target says it will raise its minimum wage as high as $24 per hour this year, depending on the local market. Companies have been raising pay and benefits… -
St. Vincent Hospital nurses vote to keep their union
If they had ousted the union, nurses at the Worcester hospital would have nullified the new contract they agreed on after a historic 301-day strike. -
Rose industry prices spike in 'a Valentine's Day microcosm' of international trade problems
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber explains how the rose industry is a product of the U.S. trade deficit.
