Since last year, 13 Starbucks stores in downstate NY have unionized with our Joint Board, and more than 330 stores have unionized […]
Our joint board represents workers at the Rainbow Ecommerce Fulfillment Center in Philadelphia. The Bargaining Committee has been working hard to get […]
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.
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.
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.