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Angry Starbucks Union Workers Rallied Outside of Corporate HQ

By Harry Cheadle

California’s Upcoming Fast-Food Ballot Measure, Explained

By Dana Cronin

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Illinois Mandates Paid Time Off for Employees in 2024

By Naomi Waxman

The Workers Behind Two Popular Food Network Shows Are Unionizing

By Amy McCarthy

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United Center Union Workers Ready to Strike During Big Ten Tournament

By Ashok Selvam and Naomi Waxman

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Howard Schultz Will Testify Before Congress After All

By Harry Cheadle

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NYC’s First Major Post-Pandemic Restaurant Union Loses Ground Following Vote

By Emma Orlow

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Ex-Milk Bar Employees Question Whether Shop Closed Due to Unionization Efforts

By Erika Adams

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United Center Workers Are On the Brink of a Strike

By Ashok Selvam

Checking In With the Starbucks Union as a Supreme Court Labor Decision Looms

By Jaya Saxena

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The Unionization Movement Has Officially Reached Bay Area-Born Peet’s Coffee

By Paolo Bicchieri

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San Francisco Burger King Franchise Owners Fined $2.2 Million Dollars in Wage Theft Case

By Paolo Bicchieri

Starbucks Workers Head Into Their Biggest Strike Ever

By Jaya Saxena

The Hottest Trend of 2022: Worker Strikes

From major chains like Starbucks to mom-and-pop spots, 2022 was a big year for worker-led labor action

By Amy McCarthy

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United Center Workers Allege Labor Violations at the Home of the Bulls and Blackhawks

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam

Starbucks Workers Hit the Company Where It Hurts: Red Cup Day

By Jaya Saxena

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Imperfect Foods Workers Vote to Officially Unionize Clackamas-Based Delivery Drivers

By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

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Starbucks’s Alleged Union-Busting Tactics Inspire a Tabletop Game

By Naomi Waxman

When Robots Replace Restaurant Workers, We All Lose

As QR codes, app-based service, and robotic servers become more and more common, that makes the job tougher for the humans working alongside them

By Caitlin Hart

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Slabtown New Seasons Workers Win Federal Union Recognition

By Janey Wong

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Illinois Voters Could Enshrine Labor Rights in State Constitution in November Election

By Naomi Waxman

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Starbucks Workers Claim Chicago Shop’s Closure Is Union Retaliation

By Naomi Waxman

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Voodoo Doughnut Workers Have Voted to Officially Unionize

By Janey Wong

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Questions (Still) Linger Over Starbucks’s Claim It’s Closing Canal Street Shop Because of Worker Safety

By Clair Lorell

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Bellegarde Bakery Becomes Worker-Owned as Acclaimed Founder Departs

By Clair Lorell

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Honey Butter Fried Chicken Jibarito Pop-Up to Benefit Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief

By Ashok Selvam

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Employees of the Division New Seasons Location Have Voted to Unionize

By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

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California Lawmakers Approve Fast Food Labor Council to Increase Worker Wages and Safety

By Mona Holmes

Restaurant Industry Workers Are Organizing to Fund Their Own Reproductive Care

By Greta Moran

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Chaatable Closure Prompts Competing Claims From Workers, Management

By Clair Lorell

Michigan Chipotle Location Becomes the Chain’s First to Unionize

By Bettina Makalintal

Amy’s Kitchen vs. Its Workers

In June, a union filed nine Unfair Labor Practice complaints against an Amy’s plant in San Jose. By July, the company announced the plant would close.

By Jaya Saxena

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