Stories tagged: "labor union"

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Voices of the Workers Phoenix Sky Harbor Workers File Complaint, Vote to Strike Over Dangerous Working Conditions and Low Wages

Two groups of airport workers are speaking out about what they say are dangerous working conditions and low wages at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Reagan Priest Reagan Priest September 15, 2023 8:42 am MST
Work Great Neck, N.Y.: A woman holds up a sign as she joins other protestors in a rally against what they perceive to be union busting tactics, outside a Starbucks in Great Neck, New York, demanding the reinstatement of a former employee on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
Work Workers at Another Gilbert Starbucks Vote to Unionize for Better Conditions

Another Starbucks in Gilbert has voted to unionize, joining 7 others in Arizona.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner July 7, 2023 1:34 pm MST
Work Duncan Hasman (middle) and other members of the BASIS Tucson North union's organizing committee. (Photo courtesy of Duncan Hasman)
Work This Tucson Teacher Was Frustrated With His School’s Leadership—So He Started a Union

Teachers from BASIS North Tucson voted 34-17 last month to become the first unionized charter school in Arizona. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner May 2, 2023 2:30 pm MST
Work WASHINGTON - MARCH 29: Starbucks workers union advocates wears union shirts at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on No Company is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Work Gilbert Starbucks Becomes 7th Store in Arizona to Unionize 

The Starbucks store at McQueen and Guadalupe roads in Gilbert voted 17-2 to win their union election, according to Starbucks Workers United. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner April 13, 2023 1:34 pm MST
Work Starbucks workers pose for a photo during a rally with the AFL-CIO and NFL Players Association on Feb. 11 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jessica Swarner)
Work NFL Players Union President Calls Starbucks Labor Movement ‘Critical’ at Avondale Rally

Members of the NFL Players Union and the AFL-CIO joined Starbucks workers on Feb. 11 to show worker solidarity before the Super Bowl in Glendale. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner February 22, 2023 10:46 am MST

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Work Starbucks workers in Litchfield Park celebrate filing their union petition on Jan. 27, 2023. (Photo by Jessica Swarner)
Work Litchfield Park Starbucks Files Petition to Unionize 

A Starbucks in Litchfield Park could be the sixth store in Arizona to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner February 6, 2023 2:16 pm MST
Work American Airlines flight attendants picket at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo by Jessica Swarner)
Work American Airlines Flight Attendants Picket at Phoenix Sky Harbor

American Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Jan. 24 to call on the company to improve working conditions. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner February 1, 2023 8:31 am MST