Weekly Labor Updates

LABOR UPDATES

• Amazon Labor Union in Staten Island NY wins their first union election with over 8k employees. Over 3500 workers did not participate in the vote. This election personifies the need to educate employees with educators in the same age bracket as workers.
•  UFCW wins another union election at Half Priced Books in Indiana and
  proclaims that they will begin to unionize all stores across the country.
•  72 tech workers at Appfolio, a cloud based property management software provider, are seeking to unionize with the CWA
•  The IWW begins corporate campaign against Half Priced Books in the Austin Texas area.
•  UFCW files union petition at Petee’s Bakery in NYC
•  Dartmouth University union wins election with the employer getting ZERO votes
• Workers in Good Karma Café in Philly have won their union election 20 to 3 to
  join the SEIU (Workers United)
• American University Graduate Union has been protesting for a contract
• Colectivo Coffee, with more than 400 workers across 20 locations and 2 states have been certified by the NLRB and is now represented by the IBEW.
• Activision Blizzard Workers Make A Game Where The Bad Guy Is A Union- Busting Boss
• February 2022 sees the unions winning percentage at 75%
• Corporate campaigns continue against Sysco, Republic, Amazon, WM, HCA, Ryder and more. Our research team has found many more.
• Next webinar will be announced shortly where we review the IWW and DSA organizing tactics