MYSTERIOUS: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

Starbucks increases US hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2023

Triumphant UAW May Target Tesla, Toyota Next

Tesla is an obvious target as it employs tens of thousands of non-union workers at its factories in California, Texas, Nevada, and New York.

InsideEVs · Oct 31, 2023

Web Summit founder's Israel Hamas comments: a case study in PR trainwrecks

Weeks before the 70,000-person Web Summit conference kicks off, founder Patty Cosgrove has been buffeted by a wave of cancellations and recriminations.

Fortune · Oct 19, 2023

Ben & Jerry's supports Vermont workers' unionization drive

Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s says it supports a plan to unionize by the workers at a retail shop in the same city where the brand was founded

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Tesla Reportedly Fired Workers Involved In Attempts To Unionize

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would support unionization if it's what the employees wanted. Now several Tesla workers reportedly find themselves fired.

InsideEVs · Feb 16, 2023

Tesla workers allege company fired dozens in retaliation for union campaign

"I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement and it’s shameful," one fired employee said.

Axios · Feb 16, 2023

Tesla workers launch union campaign in New York

Tesla Inc. workers in New York state are launching a unionization campaign, teeing up a potential first for the electric-vehicle maker and the latest labor challenge for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

2022 saw a wave of new unions form. Getting to the bargaining table is the next challenge

CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 3, 2023

Unionized Starbucks baristas need more than enthusiasm

Voting for a union is one thing; achieving a contract is quite another if the employer is in no hurry to begin bargaining.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 26, 2022

Starbucks workers plan a 3-day walkout at 100 U.S. stores in a unionization effort

More than 1,000 baristas are planning to walk out, according to Starbucks Workers United. More than 264 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late last year.

WEKU · Dec 16, 2022