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Business
Labor Unions End Starbucks Board Fight
The decision to pull a slate of board nominees comes after the company agreed to meet workers at the bargaining…
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Business
Starbucks and Union Agree to Work Out Framework for Contract Talks
In an initial move, the coffeehouse chain said Workers United members would get improved benefits that other employees received in…
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Business
Can a Tech Giant Be Woke?
The December day in 2021 that set off a revolution across the videogame industry appeared to start innocuously enough. Managers…
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World
‘October Rain,’ Israel’s Proposed Eurovision Entry, Causes a Storm
A song called “October Rain” might simply be a ballad about dreary fall weather. But in the charged atmosphere following…
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US
A Union Leader in Nebraska Tries to Leap to the Senate on Labor’s Strength
Dan Osborn led a strike in 2021 against the Kellogg’s plant in Omaha. Now he is challenging Senator Deb Fischer…
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News
The Politics of Betrayal Are at Work in Michigan
Betrayal is a powerful emotion, especially at the ballot box. Voters who feel betrayed tend to act like spurned lovers,…
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Business
American Unions Long Backed Israel. Now, Some Are Protesting It.
The shift reflects a broader generational change, and has exposed philosophical rifts in the labor movement about what the purpose…
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Business
Starbucks Faces New Pressure Over Union Campaign
Amid a dissident bid for board seats and boycotts by activists, the company has sent mixed signals about its willingness…
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News
Jacques Delors, Passionate Architect of European Unity, Dies at 98
As the executive of the European Union for a decade, he oversaw its increasing economic integration and led the drive…
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World
Board Game Cafe Workers Went on a Quest for a Union and Won
“There is not a group of people better at organizing than a bunch of nerds,” said a worker at one…