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Brian Niccol of Starbucks took home the award for the most nonsensical disparity between CEO and employee income: He earns $95,801,676, while the median salary for a Starbucks employee was a mere $14,674. trib.al/RMejLDH
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“The highest rate disclosed this week comes from an unlikely source: Stone House Bread in Traverse City, MI.”
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New federal disclosures reveal employers shelling out hundreds of dollars per hour to keep workers from organizing, from a Michigan bakery to a Texas electric cooperative to a New York car dealership.
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These employers were added to our Union-Buster Tracker:
❌ Pedernales Electric Cooperative (TX)
❌ Family Care Health Network (CA)
❌ Stone House Bread (MI)
❌ Destination Kia (NY)
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Hospice workers are being attacked for organizing. HOSPICE WORKERS
After hospice workers in North Carolina filed to unionize, their employer hired LRI Consulting Services at $425/hr to run anti-union meetings.
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Indiana lawmakers passed a bill eliminating requirements for businesses to document the employment of child workers.
Experts warn it could make it easier to hide child labor violations. Weakening protections for young workers isn’t progress—it’s a huge step backward. https://seiu.co/4r9EGYB
When working people have the power to organize, they gain more than better wages -- they gain a voice in the decisions that shape their lives and communities. Building that power doesn't just change the economy. It changes who gets to have a say.
LaborLab's work is ultimately about more than union density --it's about restoring agency and self-determination to working people and their communities. Higher union density doesn't just raise wages; it shifts power.
Trump just stripped yet more federal workers of collective bargaining rights, at the IRS no less. This administration is every oligarch's wet dream.
When a company launches a union-busting campaign, they hire attorneys, consultants, develop and distribute materials, and establish in-house teams at the expense of worker productivity and well-being.
The cost for busting a union is high, but greed has no shame.
Sheri’s Ranch responded to the petition for union recognition by firing workers Jupiter Jetson, Molly Wylder, Paloma Karr, Adalind Gray, Genevieve Dahl, and Gwen Bunny.
The union will be fighting their unlawful terminations, but for now, they need our support: www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...
When unions are strong, democracies are strong.
After layoffs, captive audience meetings, and alleged retaliation, one fired worker is speaking out.
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NLRB General Counsel sent a memo to staff stating that the NLRB should not go after employers simply because their labor policies are illegal, as long as they are not actually enforced.
So it's fine to threaten workers, as long as you don't carry out the threats.
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We all deserve a life.
Unions help make that a reality.