The Retail Worker Safety Act has been recently introduced by State Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Karines Reyes, as rising violence and crime in the industry have made frontline workers
On Tue, Jan. 9, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule detailing when workers should be considered an employee versus an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards
A Starbucks employee, Alendra Harris, who worked in a Westminster, Colorado, Starbucks as a barista before she was fired in Nov. 2022, has had a decision handed down in her
The AFL-CIO, the RWDSU, the union of Southern Service Workers, and civic and civil rights organizations, as well as 10 present or formerly incarcerated people, are suing to stop the
Unlike some other major corporations around the nation, who demonize and castigate those who choose to unionize, as well as often engage in illegal union-busting, Costco top execs responded to
Although there have been a slew of workers unionizing across the country, at locations nationwide such as Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and Trader Joe’s, none of these new unions have so
Norfolk, Va.– Costco workers in Norfolk, Va., voted overwhelmingly yesterday to join Teamsters Local 822. The 238-worker group seeks strong representation to improve working conditions. “This campaign was all about
Starbucks has become notorious for its anti-union practices and illegal union-busting efforts. One tactic that Starbucks and other companies such as Trader Joe’s have used is to close stores when
Some Amazon workers at the Maspeth, Queens warehouse walked off the job. This is during a very busy holiday season. They are joining other Amazon workers across the country, going
Workers for app-based restaurant delivery services scored a huge win when on Nov. 30 Appellate Division Justice Llinet M. Rosado upheld a new city law mandating a minimum wage for
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