Posts tagged Fast Food

    News Article ● Strike Unions

    US unions see unusually promising moment amid wave of victories

    March 16, 2022 // Gebre said the nation’s unions should send far more organizers and money to back the union drives at Starbucks and Amazon. “The rest of the labor movement should be willing to lend a hand,” even if they don’t get any of the members, said Gebre, who was recently named Greenpeace’s chief program officer. “That’s what solidarity means.”

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    Blog ● Unionization

    What the Amazon union do-over in Alabama means for the future of retail

    February 16, 2022 // U.S. consumers, especially younger ones, harbor new expectations about the workplace that businesses may not be able to ignore.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Tudor’s Biscuit World workers say no to 1st West Virginia fast-food union

    January 25, 2022 // Workers at a West Virginia franchise of a regional fast-food restaurant on Tuesday rejected efforts to form a union that would have been the first of its kind in the state. Immediately after the vote, union organizers announced that they had filed unfair labor practice charges against the company.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Workers across the US are rising up. Can they turn their anger into a movement?

    January 3, 2022 // So far, increasingly militant workers are lacking something vital: a leader who can unite them all. Will that change?

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    News Article ● Unionization

    The pandemic is fueling unionization efforts in Chicago and across the country

    December 18, 2021 //

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Burgerville negotiates union contract, a first for fast food industry

    November 15, 2021 // Burgerville claims its contract is the first union contract in the fast food industry, which could set a precedent for restaurant employees across the segment looking for union solutions. The union is an affiliate of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

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