Los Angeles. Philadelphia. Tallahassee. Starbucks workers are moving to unionize all across the country following two union victories out of three elections held in Buffalo in late 2021. They’re getting some great community support—if you’re ordering at Starbucks, especially one where there’s a union effort, you can join in by giving your name as “union strong” or another pro-worker message. 

The company is waging a vicious anti-union campaign, including sudden, very convenient write-ups of union activists—a common tactic in such campaigns. At one Memphis store, a manager quit over how she was being ordered to treat workers, and instead joined the organizing drive. Check out the amazing video featuring her and some really powerful workers below.

● The New York Times is pressuring its tech workers to vote against unionizing:

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The Slack messages from the executive were quickly flooded by negative emojis. Only a select few workers can post in the staff-wide Slack channels, so emojis are often the only way most workers can respond to the posts.

● Mexican auto workers chose an independent union over company-friendly unions in a landmark election, and it wasn’t even close.

● Striking Special Metals workers appear at West Virginia capitol, receive some support in Senate.

“Sadly, they are in a labor dispute that has gone on for over 100 days,” Woelfel said.

● Gross. Don’t do this to delivery workers.

● Botched policy responses to globalization have decimated manufacturing employment with often-overlooked costs for Black, Brown, and other workers of color.

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