The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace has funneled resources into a new pharmacy guild, hiring organizers and launching a website – which crashed the first day when more than 30,000 people tried to visit.
Their initiative follows a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s restrictions on student-athlete earnings violates antitrust laws.
For labor unions across the Nordics — a region encompassing Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland — the tussle with Tesla and Elon Musk, a vocal critic of unions, is existential.
In a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), bankers and tellers at Wells Fargo branches in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Bethel, Alaska, declared their intent to join the Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United.
A New York City organizer said that "we're out here using the visibility we have to help Starbucks customers and people that like the company know that the company is preventing the workers from fighting for better pay and working conditions."
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said the Union Square employees “set an example for Barnes & Noble workers across the country of the change that is possible in the industry.”
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