union busting
Inside the Rural Psychiatric Hospital Staff Call a ‘21st Century Asylum’
“A lot of our patients walk out of there even more traumatized than before they got in there.”
Starbucks Just Lost One of Its Most High-Profile Union Battles
A Starbucks in Memphis voted decisively for a union, even after seven of its organizers were fired.
The Starbucks Union Push Is So Successful It Could Start a Turf War
The UFCW filed to represent workers at three Starbucks stores in Wisconsin. Not everyone is happy about that.
Starbucks Just Lost 5 Union Votes in One City on the Same Day
The coffee giant keeps taking Ls as workers around the country vote in favor of unionizing.
Lateness, Cursing, a Broken Sink: Starbucks Keeps Firing Pro-Union Employees
At least 18 pro-union employees have been fired since February, in what workers say is an attempt to stop an increasingly popular union campaign.
Leaked Memo: Starbucks Threatens Pay and Benefits Freeze on Workers if They Unionize
“If a union is certified, benefits and wages will essentially be frozen while the parties negotiate the contract,” the letter stated.
NLRB Lawyer Wants to Ban Companies’ Favorite Union-Busting Technique
Captive audience meetings have become almost standard practice for companies facing union drives. NLRB’s top lawyer wants to ban them.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Says Companies Are Being ‘Assaulted’ by Unions
Schultz made his remarks on the very same day the company fired a union organizer at a store in Arizona.
Microsoft Outlook Fail Screws Up Latest Starbucks Union-Busting Effort
The caffeine giant missed an important filing deadline by eight minutes because it didn’t understand how Outlook attachments work.
Activision Starts Using Familiar Anti-Union Tactics
A company executive who used to work in the Donald Trump administration sent an email trying to discourage employees from unionizing.
Leaked Audio: Amazon Workers Grill Managers at Anti-Union Meeting
"We are putting the company on our back 10 hours a day...They’re taking time away from our breaks. There is no voice here."
Drug Treatment Center Is Accused of Intimidating Workers Trying to Form a Union
Front-line staff say their employer fired a worker who helped organize the union drive and encouraged them to vote “no” against unionization.