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Employees At Starbucks In Danbury Move To Unionize Store
If employees at one Fairfield County Starbucks have their way, pretty soon they will be serving up your latte as a unionized worker. Workers at the store at 67 Newtown Road in Danbury, announced on Friday, May 19, they have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, the national campaign to unionize the coffee giant. This is the fourth Starbucks store in Connecticut to file for unionization. The Danbury workers are standing in solidarity with over 300 union stores and more than 8,000 baristas organizing for better working condi…
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3rd Starbucks Location In CT To File Petition To Unionize
A Starbucks location in Branford has filed a petition to unionize after employees cited unpredictable hours and income changes. The coffee shop, located at 6 North Main St. (Route 1), has officially submitted a petition to unionize with Starbucks Workers United to the National Labor Relations Board, according to an announcement by Starbucks Workers United from Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Branford location is the third store in the state to unionize, following Starbucks stores in both West Hartford and Vernon. The three locations join almost 300 stores and 7,000 baristas acro…
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Amazon Explores Options After Workers At NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse
After a New York Amazon fulfillment center became the first to unionize, the online retail giant is weighing its options as it moves forward. Workers from the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island voted overwhelmingly to unionize, making history in becoming the first in the company’s history to successfully form a union. Original story - Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse Now, Amazon is determining its next steps as they challenge the result of the vote, which saw the measure passed by more than 500 votes. “Amazon Labor Union (ALU) has mad…
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Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York have made history in becoming the first in the company’s history to successfully form a union. In Staten Island, voters from the JFK8 fulfillment center easily voted to approve the measure, with the Amazon Labor Union winning 2,654 yes votes versus 2,131 no votes for the company. It represents the first group of Amazon employees to unionize in the company’s history - something Amazon has valiantly fought to avoid - though it may still look to overturn the result. Amazon has until Friday, April 8 to dispute the results of the vote. “(Amazon) wante…
Lifestyle
Covid-
19: Firing Of Amazon Worker Who Organized Walkout Sparks Backlash
An Amazon warehouse employee in New York who organized a strike as he demanded greater protections for employees amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been fired. Chris Smalls, an hourly employee at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, helped organize a strike of employees who alleged that a co-worker was diagnosed with the virus and the retail giant didn’t take proper precautions. Smalls was fired on Monday, March 30, following the strike. “Since the building won’t close by itself, we’re going to have to force (Amazon’s) hand,” Chris Smalls said to CNBC this week. “We …
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