The loss raises questions about whether a national wave of unionization may be slowing. A union had won two previous votes at the grocery chain. Source: New York Times
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NLRB Finds Merit in Union Accusations Against Amazon and Starbucks
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2022
Workers had accused the companies of unlawful behavior during recent union campaigns. Source: New York Times
Amazon Union Loses Vote at Second Staten Island Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The results were a setback for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which won a landmark victory last month at a larger Amazon warehouse nearby. Source: New York Times
Amazon Union Success May Point to a New Labor Playbook
By Gotham Rex on April 7, 2022
The success of an independent drive has organized labor asking whether it should take more of a back seat. Source: New York Times
How Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer Beat Amazon
By Gotham Rex on April 2, 2022
The company’s crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory. Source: New York Times
New York Times Tech Workers Vote to Certify Union
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2022
The ratification, with about 80 percent of ballots in favor, makes it the largest tech union in the United States with collective bargaining rights. Source: New York Times
A Second Amazon Site on Staten Island Will Have a Union Election
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board approved the voting at a warehouse next to JFK8, where another election is in progress. Source: New York Times
Union Election Is Set at Amazon's Staten Island Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2022
The timing of the vote coincides with an election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., outside Birmingham. Source: New York Times
Starbucks Workers in the New York City Area Seek to Unionize
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
Four stores are joining a nationwide effort, buoyed by successes in Buffalo. Source: New York Times
Union Wins Vote at Second Buffalo-Area Starbucks
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
A second store could add potency to the economic pressure, such as a work stoppage, that winning a contract often requires. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Starbucks Workers Vote for Union at 1 Store
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2021
The coffee chain’s executives sought to persuade workers to reject the union in an election campaign that began in late August. Workers at a second store voted not to unionize and the result at a third outlet was not clear. …
Starbucks Workers at 3 More Buffalo-Area Stores File for Union Elections
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
The petitions were submitted as employees at three other stores prepared to vote in a unionization effort. Source: New York Times
As Starbucks Workers Seek a Union, Company Officials Converge on Stores
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2021
A push in the Buffalo area could produce the first union at company-owned stores in the U.S. But backers say moves by management are having a chilling effect. Source: New York Times
Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Seek Union Vote
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2021
The organizing campaign, if successful, could upend the company’s labor model. Employees say chronic understaffing has long caused frustration. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Museum Employees Take Steps Toward a Union
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2021
The new union would include curators, conservators, gift shop workers and others, as part of the U.A.W. Source: New York Times