More and more restaurant owners are being fined for stiffing employees on tips. The latest is in South Carolina. NBC News affiliate WCBD reports: “The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Monday announced thousands of dollars in tips recovered for workers at a Downtown Charleston restaurant who had been forced to participate in an illegal…
The wave of union organizing activity that has swept America the past year has now reached Target. The New Republic reports: “On Tuesday, a new retail store joined the recent frenzy of union activity: Workers at a Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. The workers behind…
To the surprise of no one, Amazon is once again being accused of retaliating against pro-union workers. CNBC reports: “Amazon has fired two employees tied to an organizing campaign that resulted in the company’s first unionized warehouse in the U.S. Mat Cusick and Tristan Dutchin told CNBC they were fired by Amazon in recent days. Both…
People nowadays know, in a general sense, that Walmart is no friend of unions. But a look a back 22 years ago when its meat cutters unionized shows just how draconian and anti-union the company really is. This isn’t a friendly retailer who cares about the American worker. It’s corporate behemoth driven to crush any…
The violations by Starbucks’s union-busting efforts are piling up. CNBC reports: “The regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo, N.Y., issued a complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of 29 unfair labor practice charges that included over 200 violations of the National Labor Relations Act. The complaint stems from claims made by Starbucks Workers…
The minimum salary for House of Representatives aides is now $45,000 a year. The minimum wage for the rest of us (who don’t work in Congress) is $14,500 a year ($7.25 multiplied by 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year). And that minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009. The New York Times reports…
At a Senate hearing on whether companies like Amazon should receive federal contracts when they engage in unfair labor practices, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) showed his true colors and disdain for workers. He said, “The idea that you can only get a government contract if you promise to be neutral is ridiculous.” Amazon Labor Union…
With big wins, labor unions representing workers at corporate giants, Amazon and Starbucks, will meet with the Vice President at the White House. Reuters reports: “U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will host a White House meeting on Thursday with organizers from unions seeking to represent workers at Amazon.com Inc, Starbucks, and other employers. The meeting…
Look, you management guys at Starbucks gave it a shot. You spent lavish amounts of money on one of the most notorious union-busting firms. All in an effort to stop low-paid baristas from having a seat at the table. You did your best to stop the groundswell of union activity in your stores. And you…
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is no fan of unions. And now he is announcing that a raise is on the horizon for workers but not for those who are union members. “Today, we take further steps to modernize our pay and benefits vision for our partners with further investments in wage,” he said. “And in…
