#Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz steps up fight against unionization

#Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz steps up fight against unionization

“Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz steps up fight against unionization” Starbucks is trying to stem the rising tide of unionization among the ranks of its employees by reportedly offering increased benefits that won’t be extended to those involved in organized labor. Howard Schultz, the executive who built the Seattle-based coffee chain into a global behemoth and…

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#Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas

#Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas

“Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas” Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reportedly lashed out at a coffee chain barista who was leading a unionization drive at one of the company’s California locations, telling the worker: “If you hate Starbucks so much, why don’t you go somewhere else?” The alleged encounter between Schultz and the…

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#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in 0B budget

#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget

“Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget” Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed runaway costs to taxpayers and overtime abuse, The Post has learned. The rollbacks were tucked into the record-breaking $220 billion election-year state…

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#Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC

#Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC

“Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC” Leaders of the new Amazon Labor Union were clear last week on who doesn’t deserve credit for their victory in organizing a Staten Island warehouse: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. You could chalk up her disinterest in the cause to the risk of being associated with a campaign that could have lost or…

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#Amazon objects to union victory at Staten Island warehouse

#Amazon objects to union victory at Staten Island warehouse

“Amazon objects to union victory at Staten Island warehouse” Amazon accused a new union at one of its New York warehouses of threatening workers unless they voted to organize, an assertion an attorney for the labor group called “really absurd.” The National Labor Relations Board is giving Amazon until April 22 to back up objections to…

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