Posts tagged living wages

    Unionized Blue Bottle Coffee baristas walk out for nearly eight minutes, demand fair wages, working hours

    January 29, 2025 // Saturday’s walkout at the Newbury Street location, in addition to the Chestnut Hill and Kendall Square locations, came in response to the company’s failure to guarantee working hours and tip differentials to subsidize thinly-spread tip pools amongst additional baristas.

    Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio workers organize unions

    January 26, 2025 // Oney said unionization was always the goal, but safety and funding concerns have become part of the conversation with the start of a second Trump administration. "I know in the conversations we've had, like what it's going to look like in the future for Planned Parenthood when it comes to funding and things like that and making sure that all of us have things in place to protect us if that were to be a problem down the line," Oney said. Oney said about 20 other Planned Parenthood affiliates have unionized in the past few years.

    Kansas City is quickly becoming the hub for a Half Price Books union effort

    November 27, 2023 // Employees at Westport's Half Price Books voted to unionize on Nov. 17. Overland Park employees unionized in July. If workers at the Olathe store vote to unionize later this month, Half Price Books Workers United will have organized about 10% of the company. Twelve workers at Kansas City’s Half Price Books in Westport unanimously won a Nov. 17 vote to unionize, making them the 11th unionized store in the country.