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In case you needed a reminder: union baristas are still asking you to NOT BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location.
Delete the app off your phone, and sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge to get updates on local calls to action! https://t.co/gdbL0MxtjX
June is Safety Month. As the heat turns up, your rights shouldn't cool down. Under an RWDSU contract, you have the right to water, shade, and rest. ☀️🥵
@LisaESnowden You know it didn't come up in our 20-minute cattle call "interviews," but he did make clear that Pulitzer Prize winners are disqualified from his future if they happened to go on strike to hold the previous owners accountable.
There's nothing "new" about union busting.
@bzjorts No, they purged 80 percent of former strikers and all but one of our officers. They, seemingly much like the Blocks, want nothing to do with us.
The Union Advantage: Union workers earn significantly more over their lifetimes than non-union workers. Collective bargaining pays. 💰📈 #WednesdayWisdom
We’re not the only union at a progressive org navigating these challenges. Many have experienced the irony of bargaining with an employer that publicly champions workers’ power but doesn’t do so at home.
Baristas participated in a work stoppage to air out grievances with management and Starbucks corporate.
The reaction from customers in the lobby says it all!
We’re in our third year of fighting for a fair contract. After we held a one-day walkout in April, ProPublica’s Board Chairman Paul Sagan said management has “the Board’s full and undivided support.”
But is that true? We think board members should speak for themselves… 🧵
🚨NEW: United Nations human rights experts have asked Starbucks and the US government to address the coffee chain’s “ongoing and widespread threats�� against their workers.
UN experts note instances in which police were called on striking baristas.
https://t.co/Ko1yhWjOxf
Members of Salvadoran investigative news outlet El Faro, which has exposed gang negotiations an corruption in Bukele's government, have had their assets frozen, the outlet announced today
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