labor issues

Today on Texas Matters—Can a progressive agenda pass in the conservative Texas legislature? We hear the legislative plan for the Sierra Club, The AFL-CIO and Move Texas.

Board President Jason Moran added that the board stood by its values and hoped upcoming bargaining sessions will be productive.

Quinn Craig, the lead Starbucks union organizer in the region, was separated from the company on the one-year anniversary of their store’s union certification.

Workers at the Starbucks on 410 and Vance Jackson accused their manager of violating labor law and said staffing reductions had become unsustainable and even dangerous.

Following the SAY Sí board of directors’ decision to offer voluntary recognition to the workers’ proposed bargaining unit at the end of February, workers are now asking for community support as they prepare to negotiate their first contract.

The board had argued that a dozen of the proposed workers in the unit should be excluded. Region 16 of the National Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of the workers.

Amtrak made initial service adjustments on Wednesday in response to a possible freight railroad service interruption that could occur later this week because of a rail strike. It uses the same lines as freight trains.

Workers at a Maryland Apple store voted to form a union. But forming a union is a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers.

The musicians have been on strike since last September, and both sides were deadlocked in their talks over a variety of issues, including salaries.

A 1993 class action lawsuit against Levi Strauss & Co. was ultimately dismissed, but it catapulted the work of Fuerza Unida empowering women workers of color and fighting for social, economic and environmental justice.