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Demonstration to Demand Levi’s Sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / April 28, 2023

On Friday, April 21, activists from Workers United and allies held a demonstration outside the Levi’s flagship store in Times Square, to demand that Levi’s sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in the Textile and Garment Sector. 

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UNION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / November 28, 2022

We caught up with this year’s union scholarship winners.

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Starbucks’ NYC Roastery on Strike for Ten Days – Management Has Not Provided a Health and Safety Inspection Report or Contract Bargaining Date

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / November 4, 2022

The NYC Roastery has been on strike for ten days now over an urgent health and safety issue. Yesterday, Workers United filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board asking it to investigate the NYC Roastery over its allegation that the company’s failure to provide information violated the law. Management confirmed that there had been prior reporting of the presence of bed bugs, and have said that they have remediated the issue. The Union has requested information (the inspection or remediation report), per its legal right, so that workers can make decisions regarding their health and safety. Management has thus far failed to provide this information. The charge will be investigated. 

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TWO WINS, ONE CHALLENGE –
VOTE COUNTS FOR GREAT NECK, MASSAPEQUA & CEASAR’S BAY (BROOKLYN)

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / May 3, 2022

New York, NY – On the heels of the union victories at the NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery and at Astor Place in April, three more stores in the NYC Metro area were successful in their union elections today.

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UNION WIN AT ASTOR PLACE (NYC) –STARBUCKS IN FARMINGVILLE (LI) FILES UNION PETITION

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / April 29, 2022

Today the National Labor Relations Board counted the ballots for the mail ballot union election at the Astor Place Starbucks.

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FOUR MORE STARBUCKS IN DOWNSTATE NY FILE FOR UNION ELECTIONS –QUEENS, BROOKLYN, NASSAU & 1st SHOP IN ROCKLAND COUNTY

By Clara Wheatley-Schaller / April 14, 2022

On the heels of the massive union victory at the NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chelsea earlier this month, and unanimous wins at stores across the country over the last few days, four more stores in NYC and the metro area filed union petitions today.

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