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Labor Agency Demands Starbucks Re-open Some Shuttered Stores
The U.S. labor agency is trying to force Starbucks to reopen 23 stores that it closed allegedly to discourage a nationwide union campaign
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Amazon Workers In New York City Vote To Unionize
This marks the first successful organizing effort in Amazon's history. Meanwhile, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against unionizing.
The Recount
Second Chances: Amazon Workers May Re-Vote on Unionizing
Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, may get a second chance at unionizing. Why? A federal labor official believes Amazon’s anti-union campaign tainted the initial vote enough to warrant a do-over.
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Starbucks Workers To Vote On Union At 3 Buffalo, New York, Stores
The National Labor Relations Board gave more than 120 workers the green light to hold union elections next month.
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Should Schools Consider Their Grad Students Workers?
Grad students teach classes, grade papers, conduct research and create syllabi, but they're not always guaranteed the same pay or benefits as workers.
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In a showdown of sorts between President Obama and Senate Republicans, the Supreme Court took on a highly charged political issue Monday: a president's ability to make recess appointments to positions that typically require Senate confirmation. (Jan. 13)
Just back from their own long break, Supreme Court justices set out Monday to resolve a politically charged fight over when the Senate's absence gives the president the power to make temporary appointments to high-level positions without...
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The Northwestern football team began spring practice Tuesday, after a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that the team can bargain with the school as employees. The school is appealing. (April 1)
Northwestern resumes spring football practices with a huge issue that could change the college sports landscape hanging over their heads.
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that the team can...
The Recount
Amazon Ordered to Hold Another Union Election at Alabama Facility
Coming soon to Bessemer, Alabama: a second shot at unionization. A federal labor board believes Amazon interfered in the union election that took place earlier this year and is ordering another vote.
Columbia University
Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Frances Perkins
On this website you can read and hear interviews with Frances Perkins which cover her advocacy to give governmental protection to the working class. The interviews were conducted as part of Columbia University's Oral History project.