Josh Eidelson
Los Angeles Times
Washington, DC, United States
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Twitter settles retaliation claim over return-to-office protest
Software engineer Alexis Camacho claimed the company put them on administrative leave in retaliation for posting a message urging coworkers to protest a return-to-office policy. → Read More
Howard Schultz spars with Bernie Sanders over Starbucks union tactics
Recently departed Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz forcefully defended the company’s response to union organizing at a Senate hearing. → Read More
Giving Four Months’ Notice or Paying to Quit Has These Workers Feeling Trapped
At Concentra, financial penalties built into contract clauses discourage unhappy employees from taking other jobs. → Read More
Starbucks Illegally Terminated Union Leader, US Officials Say
US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a key architect of the union campaign that swept through hundreds of its cafes this year. → Read More
Apple's anti-union tactics in Atlanta were illegal, U.S. officials say
The iPhone maker held mandatory anti-union meetings during which management made coercive statements, according to the National Labor Relations Board. → Read More
Facebook job ads illegally discriminate, female truckers say
The nonprofit Real Women in Trucking filed a civil rights complaint alleging systematic age and gender discrimination in job ads algorithm. → Read More
Apple Store Staff Petition to Unionize a Third Store, This Time in St. Louis
Apple Inc. retail employees have petitioned to unionize a St. Louis store, extending a wave of labor organizing at the world’s most valuable company. → Read More
Starbucks Corporate Workers Doubt Company Values in Internal Poll
Starbucks Corp. white-collar employees’ faith in the coffee chain’s ethics and social impact dropped to a historic low this year, according to an internal survey, with corporate staff voicing concern about the company’s response to the union campaign spreading through its cafes. → Read More
Starbucks Is Sued by Pro-Union Staff for Defamation, Abusing Legal Process
Starbucks Corp. employees are suing the company for defamation over its response to a union protest. → Read More
Starbucks Illegally Fired Michigan Worker Over Union Activism, Labor Board Judge Rules
Starbucks Corp. illegally fired a Michigan employee because she engaged in union activism and participated in a US labor board proceeding, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled. → Read More
'We'd rather have raises': New York Times' lunch box perk backfires amid work-from-home protest
The company is one of many turning up the heat on in-person work mandates that have so far been unsuccessful. → Read More
NLRB: Tesla illegally banned union shirts at California plant
Tesla violated labor law by restricting Fremont, Calif., factory workers from wearing pro-union shirts, the National Labor Relations Board ruled. → Read More
Washington’s Top Labor Prosecutor Battles Whole Foods Over Black Lives Matter Masks
Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel at the NLRB, is seeking a ruling that would give US workers something more like free speech. → Read More
Starbucks Threatens Trans Benefits in Anti-Union Push, Staff Say
Starbucks Corp. managers in several states have told baristas that its vaunted transgender-inclusive health-care benefits could go away if they unionize, employees alleged in interviews and a new complaint filed with the US labor board. → Read More
Apple to boost retail and corporate pay in face of inflation
The company is hiking retail workers' pay to at least $22 an hour. Keeping workers happy has become harder at a time of inflation and a resurgent pandemic. → Read More
What West Coast Ports' Labor Negotiations Mean for Your Packages
As the US’s largest ports in California moved record amounts of cargo amid pandemic-induced supply-chain bottlenecks, union dockworkers strengthened their indispensable role in the nation’s logistics network. → Read More
Starbucks Baristas Are Unionizing, and Even Howard Schultz Can’t Make Them Stop
The return of the company’s longtime CEO hasn’t slowed the workers, who are inspiring activists at Amazon and showing the extent of labor’s new power. → Read More
Amazon Anti-Union Confabs Deemed Illegal By Labor Officials
U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that anti-union meetings held by Amazon.com Inc. in Staten Island, New York, violated federal law, according to an agency spokesperson. → Read More
Starbucks SBUX Is Sued by U.S. Labor Board Over Retaliation Claims
U.S. labor officials are asking a federal court to force Starbucks Corp. to reinstate a group of activists, escalating the legal battle over the company’s response to the union campaign sweeping through its stores. → Read More
Top State AFL-CIO Officer Accused of Misconduct
Employees say they’ve raised concerns about bullying by the incoming president of the Pennsylvania chapter for years → Read More