Unions

The staff at the Democratic National Committee has voted to unionize

Protesters angry over virus and vaccine rules occupied Guadeloupe's regional legislature because of stalled negotiations over their grievances about management of the French Caribbean island.

Amazon and the National Labor Relations Board agreed on a settlement by which Amazon will no longer implement policies that restrict employee access to non-work areas, such as breakrooms, during non-work time and require them to leave its properties 15 minutes after the end of their shifts. Employees argue the policies have hampered labor organizing efforts.

The five-year agreement between Kellogg's and the union covers approximately 1,400 workers at its Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee, plants.

Starbucks says it will come to the negotiating table with union employees at its Elmwood Village location in Buffalo “in good faith” following their historic election victory earlier this month.

Starbucks says it will negotiate in good faith with workers at the first store to unionize in the company's 50-year history.

A new tentative agreement between Kellogg's and its striking workers will be put to a vote on Sunday.

Famed Washington, D.C., bookseller Politics and Prose has hired a high-powered law firm, Jones Day, to represent it after employees asked to unionize

Two Boston Starbucks locations on Monday filed to hold a vote on unionization, days after the first Starbucks location voted to unionize in New York

President Joe Biden took aim at Kellogg Co., saying he is "deeply troubled" by the company's plans to permanently replace striking workers. He called it an "existential attack on the union."

Activision Blizzard chief administrative officer Brian Bulatao argued that "active, transparent dialogue between leaders and employees" would be a "better path" to achieving the company's workplace culture aspirations than waiting for the outcome of a future bargaining process.

Starbucks employees at the coffee chain's Elmwood Village location in Buffalo have voted 19 to 8 in favor of being represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The vote awaits official certification by the National Labor Relations Board.

The counting of ballots in a rare union election at three Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York will proceed as planned after the National Labor Relations Board rejected the coffee chain’s appeal to the delay the vote.

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union said its members “overwhelmingly voted to reject the tentative agreement” Sunday, more than three months after employees went on strike.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the formation of a union at some of the company’s cafes could disrupt the chain’s relationship with its workers, at a time when Starbucks seeks to expand its ranks of baristas.

Just a few weeks after ballots were mailed for a rare unionization vote at three Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York, the coffee chain is fending off a growing movement as three additional stores in the area appeared before the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to request their own elections.

Union members across the country are fighting for better working conditions and more representation in their national unions. In two large unions, they've made large gains toward having a greater voice in the organizations.

Kellogg's and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, which overseas employees at plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee, will head back to the bargaining table Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the cereal maker.

Contract negotiations between the Kellogg Co. and the union representing more than 1,000 striking cereal workers have restarted for the second time Monday.

Efforts by Starbucks Corp. workers to unionize have spread to Arizona, while stores in the Buffalo, N.Y., area have seen a shake-up in leadership amid the union drive there.