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News Article ● Labor Unionization

Target employees at Virginia store file for union election amid a broader labor push at big companies

May 12, 2022 // Target said in a statement Wednesday that it has been investing in its workforce, with a starting wage range of between $15 to $24 per hour, health care benefits and a program that covers the cost of some associate and undergraduate degrees.

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Op-ed Research ● Unionization Unions

Workers Are Beating Big Bosses, but Organized Labor Can’t Keep Up

April 27, 2022 // Worker-led unions are transformational, while organized labor has become transactional.

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News Article ● Unionization

How to Start a Union at Your Company

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News Article Research ● Labor Unionization Worker Centers

What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

March 25, 2022 // By organizing with the Warehouse Workers for Justice, many were able to get their jobs back and have their demands met. “What’s really interesting is that there’s a huge movement right now for worker centers and unions to work together ... to essentially surround the industry,” Oliva said. “So if an employer busts the union, the worker center emerges. If the worker center is unable to organize the workers, the union organizes them.”

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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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