Posted inCoffeehouses Labor and Jobs Organized Labor Starbucks Corporation Wages and Salaries Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages. Posted by By Danielle Kaye and Rebecca Davis OBrien
Posted inAmazon.com Inc Labor and Jobs National Labor Relations Board Organized Labor Philadelphia (Pa) Supermarkets and Grocery Stores United Food and Commercial Workers Union Wages and Salaries Whole Foods Market Inc Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses. Posted by By Danielle Kaye
Posted inAmazon.com Inc Labor and Jobs National Labor Relations Board Organized Labor Philadelphia (Pa) Shopping and Retail Supermarkets and Grocery Stores United Food and Commercial Workers Union Wages and Salaries Whole Foods Market Inc Amazon’s Fight With Unions Heads to Whole Foods Market Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are voting on whether to form the first union in the Amazon-owned chain. The company is pushing back. Posted by By Danielle Kaye
Posted inExecutive Orders and Memorandums Foreign Workers Labor and Jobs Loomer, Laura Musk, Elon Sacks, David O Trump, Donald J Visas Wages and Salaries What Is the H-1B Visa Program and Why Are Trump Backers Feuding Over It? A debate over the program for skilled foreign workers has pitted immigration hard-liners against some of President Trump’s most influential supporters in the tech industry. Posted by By Adeel Hassan