Amid Rising Unionizing Efforts, Starbucks Accepts Mediation With Unionized Workers

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  Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation

  A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages.
  
  The New York Times - 3d
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  Whole Foods Employees Defy Amazon’s Anti-Union Efforts

  The grocery chain’s store in Philadelphia becomes the first to join a union, where workers hope to expand organizing to other outlets and across the Amazon empire.
  
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• Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly become the 1st to unionize

  Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.
  
  CBS News - 6d
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  Elon Musk’s Doge accused of ‘illegal’ job posting by federal workers’ union

  Union leader claims Trump-created organization is ‘corrupt’ as X owner posts vague request for applications. Elon Musk ’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has been accused by a leading ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 27

• Costco union representing 18,000 workers authorizes nationwide strike

  The union said 85% of its members approved a work stoppage.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 20

• Effort to unionize college athletes hits road block

  The legal efforts to unionize college athletes appear to be running out of steam this month as a new Republican-led administration gets set to take over the federal agency in charge of ruling on ...
  
  ESPN - Jan. 10

• Amazon workers in North Carolina to vote on unionization next month

  If the election is successful, the warehouse would be only the second Amazon site in the U.S. to unionize.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 8

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  One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.

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