Faced with this scenario, the workers atMarvel VFX, the branch of the studio dedicated to these tasks, decided tounionize. This move has caused a ripple effect throughoutthe industry, the consequences of which will only be seen when it is too late....
One in four baristas was reportedly quitting before even qualifying for the company’s famous benefits. In an industry with notoriously low union representation, Starbucks cafés had steadily begun to unionize, with more than 100 of them asking to hold union elections. In response, Starbuckspromised...
The company's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on Monday is in its final day of voting on whether it will unionize. The warehouse's more than 5,800 workers have been voting by mail since February to decide whether they will join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Amazon is ...
However, when the workers attempted to unionize, they claim they were not only fired but kicked out of company housing in West Yellowstone, Montana, during the middle of a frigid Yellowstone winter. The next month, the workers filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Nationa...
The union said the goal is to shut stores down during the strikes, and noted that the company usually has difficulty staffing during Red Cup Day because it's so busy. At least 257 Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late last year, according to the National Labor Relations ...
cooperative beloved by liberals, faced a union vote earlier this year: CEO Eric Artz and chief diversity officer Wilma Wallace taped a 30-minute anti-unionpodcastin February that began with them declaring their pronouns and apologizing for occupying Indigenous land. Employees voted to unionize ...
The annual Red Cup Day coincided with a strike among Starbucks workers at more than 200 U.S. stores on Thursday, which organizers said is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company’s stores. Starbucks workers in Biddeford, Maine, participate in the Red Cup...
We haven’t talked about you trying to talk this out with the boss, but your question is very direct so I expect this is not really an option. You’ve got a battle ahead of you. Proceed with caution. Can employees get a boss fired?How do the politics work in a situation like this...
The annual Red Cup Day coincided witha strike among Starbucks workersat more than 100 U.S. stores on Thursday, which was their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. See how the Starbucks reusable cup process works ...
As someone who helped to unionize her own workforce to ensure fair pay, Ramirez says she also encourages leaders to not fight against workers exercising their power for better wages. “Your biggest asset is your labor workforce, your human capital,” she says. “If your emplo...