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Vote counts begin in Amazon union elections in New York, Alabama

By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

If a majority votes in favor of a union at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history.

2nd union election for Alabama Amazon workers will be by mail

By Anne D'Innocenzio

A federal labor board said that Amazon workers in a facility in Bessemer, Alabama will vote by mail next month in a re-run election to decide whether or not to unionize.

Chicago mayor, teachers still at odds over COVID protocols

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Negotiations resumed Saturday to resolve a standoff between Chicago school officials and the city's teachers union over COVID-19 precautions that canceled three days of classes, but the public war-of-words between union leaders and Chicago's mayor showed little sign of easing.

As Chicago teachers union negotiations continue, school closures enter third day

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third consecutive day amid an ongoing fight with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols.

Starbucks workers vote to unionize in Buffalo, New York

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press

"Yes" votes could accelerate unionization efforts at other U.S. Starbucks stores. Already, three more stores in Buffalo and a store in Mesa, Arizona, have filed petitions with the labor board for their own union elections. Those cases are pending.

Starbucks fights expanding unionization effort at its stores

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores. The effort comes even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee chain's locations in Buffalo, New York.

Amazon workers in Alabama get a do-over union election

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The move is a major blow to Amazon, which had spent about a year aggressively campaigning for warehouse workers in Bessemer to reject the union, which they ultimately did by a wide margin.

Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened

By Ben Finley, Tom Krisher, Associated Press

When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer: Pay raises. Signing bonuses. Lower-priced health care. Yet…

Remembering Richard Trumka, a giant in the world of labor and unions

By Paul Solman, Judy Woodruff, Lorna Baldwin

Richard Trumka, who was at the helm of the nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, for more than two decades, died on Thursday. Paul Solman reports, and Robert Reich, former secretary of labor under the Clinton administration, joins Judy Woodruff…

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Teamsters union votes to make organizing Amazon workers a priority

By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

The Teamsters said that Amazon, the nation's second-largest private employer, is exploiting its employees by paying them low wages, pushing them to work at fast speeds and giving them no job security.