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November 9, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Yesterday, Fran discussed ongoing unionization efforts at Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, particularly that ballots are set to be mailed by the NLRB this Wednesday. Starbucks has now filed a request for the NLRB to issue a stay and delay the ballot mailings. Starbucks is asking the NLRB to overturn the regional director’s determination […]

November 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Fran Swanson

Approximately 100 Starbucks employees at three, Buffalo-area stores will be mailed ballots by the NLRB on Wednesday. Ahead of the vote, which will occur over the course of four weeks, Bloomberg reports that the company has stepped up its aggressive anti-union campaign, bringing in founder and former CEO Howard Schultz to speak to employees. In […]

October 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Jon Levitan

In response to the historic unionization drive in Buffalo, Starbucks management has seemingly launched a “counteroffensive … intended to intimidate workers, disrupt normal operations and undermine support for the union.” Starbucks headquarters has sent two managers—imported from out of state—into three Buffalo area stores that have separately filed for union elections with the NLRB. Michelle […]

October 17, 2021
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

This weekend, as first reported by Deadline, all eyes are on Hollywood. After an unprecedented strike authorization vote earlier this month, in which roughly 92% of eligible members voted and 99% of those who voted authorized a strike, IATSE announced that it reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with major film studios late […]

September 24, 2021
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law A.B. 701, a bill which outlaws employer-mandated production quotas for employees that prevent workers from using the bathroom, taking state-mandated breaks, or staying safe at warehouse distribution centers like Amazon. It also requires companies to be transparent about production quotas with employees, and employees cannot be […]

September 2, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Yesterday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy announced that rideshare companies could move forward with their proposed state ballot measure to exempt their drivers from employment law protections. The proposal, modeled closely on California’s Proposition 22, was one of 17 out of 30 proposed ballot initiatives certified by the Attorney General as having met baseline state […]

August 24, 2021
News & Commentary

Jon Levitan

Workers at Colectivo Coffee have officially voted to unionize with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the NLRB ruled yesterday. The bargaining unit—now the largest coffee shop union in the country—will encompass 16 stores across two states, Illinois and Wisconsin (Colectivo has stores in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison), as well as warehouse workers and […]

July 22, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

Whole Foods employees filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the company violated federal employment antidiscrimination law when it punished workers for wearing Black Lives Matter masks, apparel, and pins to work. The lawsuit alleges employees were sent home without pay, subjected to “corrective” discipline, and threatened with the loss of their jobs for refusing to remove […]

July 6, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Employers that have prevented employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks have been facing protest and criticism. Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Taco Bell, Starbucks, and others have faced boycotts for disciplining employees wearing the masks or other Black Lives Matter clothing or for enforcing dress code policies preventing such clothing. A Costco employee in Chicago […]

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