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News Archive

December 2021

Vox
Johnnie Kallas
What the first Starbucks union means for workers everywhere
Newsweek
Cathy Creighton
Tall Order: New Tech, Barista Burnout Driving Push for Starbucks Unionization
BBC News
Vanessa Bohns (Chair)
How to talk to vaccine-hesitant people
AP News
Cathy Creighton
In a first, Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY
Aljazeera
Cathy Creighton
Starbucks union vote is latest test of resurgent US worker power
CNBC
Cathy Creighton
Starbucks workers in Buffalo to decide this week whether to form coffee chain’s first U.S. union
Improving Working Conditions for Better Patient Care: ILR-Weill Cornell Research
Harvard Business Review
Vanessa Bohns (Chair)
Be Intentional About How You Spend Your Time Off
The New York Times
Johnnie Kallas
Kellogg workers prolong strike by rejecting contract proposal
Medium
Shannon Gleeson
Are Refugee Resettlement Services Doing More Harm Than Good?
Axios
Game: Could you manage as a food delivery courier?
CNBC
Bradford Bell
As Google delays return-to-office again, experts say omicron may make it ‘impossible’ to set new dates
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Local union members demanding — and winning — representation in national organizations
Forbes
JR Keller and Rebecca Kehoe
Why Hiring Boomerang Employees Benefits Employers
ILR Senior Chosen for Global Leadership Scholarship

November 2021

A Diverse Coalition of Workers Plans to Use Black Friday to Turn Up the Heat on Amazon
Quartz
A union vote at Starbucks could be a rare success for organizing franchise workers
The Buffalo News
After a long strike at Mercy Hospital, how do Catholic Health and union workers repair the relationship?
Amid wider trends, employers should expect more worker-led movements for better benefits and working conditions
Asia’s apparel industry faces climate threat
Beating the ‘great resignation’ at a family business in Boise
Times Union News
Commentary: Union organizing is a human right and a moral imperative
Financial Times
Corporate America’s parallel justice system is a recipe for unfairness
Desperate companies lower bar to replace vanishing workers
Fear Factor: Overcoming The Awkwardness of Asking for Help
MSN
From Striketober to the Great Resignation: Pandemic pushes workers to rise up
Getting to Yes, And… | Vanessa Bohns – ‘You Have More Influence Than You Think’
Marketplace
How big a year for the labor movement was 2021?
How companies use predictive analytics to get ahead of union drives
CNBC
How inflation is impacting your paycheck: ‘The earnings of workers have eroded in recent months’
How Kids Can Overcome the Awkwardness of Asking for Help 
Wired
How To Fix Email … With Science!
How Workers at Beverage Giant Refresco Defeated a “Notorious” Union Buster
Yahoo News
Kaiser faces potentially crippling strike as unions representing about 100,000 plan walkouts
Low Teamsters election turnout may not be what it seems
Marylanders say they are feeling the pinch of inflation
The Athletic
Minor leaguers cite Steve Cohen tweet in class action bid to force MLB to produce back pay
New Nafta celebrates first birthday amid controversy
Jacobin News
No, Workers Aren’t Striking Because of Vaccine Mandates
NPR
Ordering food on an app is easy. Delivering it could mean injury and theft
Politico
Private equity’s recipe for hospitals? It’s about tech with all the dressing
Rising sea levels threaten Asia's apparel sector 
Yahoo News
Striking engineers say Kaiser’s well-crafted messages belie truth about wages, contract talks
Striking John Deere Workers Reject Second Contract Offer, Hold the Line
The Washington Post
Takoma Park touts progressive values. What happens when city workers push for higher wages?
The Fast Fashion Industry Could Drown Itself
The Washington Post
The government dramatically underestimated job growth this summer
The Labor Shortage: “Take This Job and Shove It.”
The Starbucks unionization vote could mark a shift for the broader food industry
In These Times
The Union Busters on Starbucks’ Board of Directors

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