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July 19, 2025

unions

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Amazon workers in NC vote against joining union

February 21, 2025 Haleluya Hadero and Matt O’Brien

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company’s employees to side against union representation. About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center […]

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US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall to all-time low

January 23, 2024 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members […]

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New rule would make it easier for millions of Americans to unionize, but businesses are pushing back

November 16, 2023 The Associated Press

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald’s. But it’s already facing significant pushback from businesses and […]

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Starbucks increases US hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

November 12, 2023 The Associated Press

SEATTLE – Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday that unionized workers won’t be eligible for […]

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MOORE: Save the children, fire the teachers unions

January 15, 2022 Stephen Moore

It started in Chicago, where an incredible 91% of union teachers voted to go on strike and refused to do what they get paid to do, which is teach. Then the union walkouts spread to […]

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Ex-UAW leader gets nearly 2 years in prison for corruption

May 11, 2021 Ed White, Associated Press

DETROIT — A welder who rose from the factory floor to become president of a venerable U.S. labor union was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in prison for luxurious winter stays in the California sun […]

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ZITO: Coal workers union doesn’t always represent coal worker values

May 6, 2021 Salena Zito

GRAYSVILLE, Pennsylvania — When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan to move the nation’s energy industry away from […]

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MOORE: Unions sell out their own workers for the Biden energy plan

April 29, 2021 Stephen Moore

Another pro-President Joe Biden union just told its rank-and-file members: Sorry, guys; you are all fired.  Last week, the United Mine Workers of America union endorsed Biden’s energy policies. Yes, you read that right. The […]

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Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote

April 22, 2021 Joe Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at a Alabama warehouse wants the results of a recent vote to be thrown out, saying that the company illegally interfered with the […]

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BARONE: Workers don’t share Democrats’ nostalgia for unions

April 20, 2021 Michael Barone

It wasn’t even close. The final count was 1,798 against and 738 for, 71% to 29%. The issue in question was whether the employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, wanted to be represented […]

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