2025 Workers United Convention
April 28, 2025
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Muhlenberg Dining Workers Ratify First Union Contract, with Major Wins
April 8, 2025
Workers United members at Muhlenberg College yesterday overwhelmingly ratified their first contract.
Muhlenberg: Fight for better work conditions continue
February 25, 2025
Contract negotiations ensuring better benefits are underway for Muhlenberg dining workers.
Muhlenberg Dining Workers Win First Union Campaign
December 12, 2024
Last night, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) counted the ballots for Muhlenberg College Dining Workers.
SEIU is ALL IN for Kamala Harris, a leader who will fight for workers and beat Donald Trump
July 23, 2024
Statement from SEIU International President April Verrett on SEIU’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President:
PAJBWU Members Hold PASSHE Accountable in Food Service Bidding War
November 21, 2023
The Pennsylvania Joint Board and workers across the state are calling on Chancellor Greenstein to make it clear to the food service giants bidding on open contracts that they need to honor workers' existing union contracts.
Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union
October 24, 2023
An op-ed from Lynn Fox, President of Workers United and President of the Philadelphia Jewish Labor Committee, featured in 'In These Times'
SEIU Statement on Terrorist Attack on Israel and Crisis in Gaza
October 17, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza.
Starbucks Workers United 13-City Bus Tour Hits Pennsylvania!
July 25, 2023
The Starbucks Workers United 2023 Summer “The Union Is Calling” Bus Tour made its way to the Keystone State this past week with stops in Pittsburgh and Lancaster.
SEIU PA State Council Announces Endorsements for PA Court Primaries
May 3, 2023
SEIU has endorsed the following champions: For Supreme Court: Daniel McCaffrey, For Superior Court: Timika Lane and Jill Beck, For Commonwealth Court: Brian Neff
SEIU PA State Council Statement on House Passage of Public Sector OSHA
May 3, 2023
Pennsylvania has a two-tiered system of workplace safety standards. When private sector employees go to work, they are entitled to basic OSHA protections.
Get Involved! Solidarity Needed in Pittsburgh
March 10, 2023
Our union brothers and sisters employed at the LeMont Restaurant in Pittsburgh are reaching out to labor allies and labor-friendly businesses to help increase business and lift up their coworkers in a time of uncertainty.
Statement on the Governor’s Budget Address
March 8, 2023
“SEIU applauds Governor Shapiro for sharpening the call for Pennsylvania to raise the minimum wage to $15 NOW. After 17 years of inaction, it is long past time to move $15 to the forefront of the legislature’s to-do list.
Op-ed | I Deserve a Fair Wage and the Right to Unionize, so I’m Voting for Josh Shapiro
October 12, 2022
Latrelle Jackson is one of many Pennsylvanians working two jobs to make ends meet. In this op-ed, he explains why Pennsylvania workers need Josh Shapiro fighting for them in Harrisburg.
Opinion | I Was Fired After Unionizing My Workplace. Workers Need to Vote Against Corporate Greed on Election Day.
October 7, 2022
Tori Tambellini was fired after working to unionize her Starbucks store in Pittsburgh. In an op-ed, she talks about the importance of supporting candidates who support workers.
Josh Shapiro rallies with union workers ahead of 'pivotal' election
September 22, 2022
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro met with SEIU members and workers in Pittsburgh who are trying to unionize to discuss some of their challenges and triumphs in the unionization process and the “pivotal” election coming in November.
TODAY, July 15 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare Strike, Picketing at 3 Pittsburgh Stores Following Illegal Firings
July 15, 2022
Union worker organizers launch a strike, calling on Starbucks’ leadership to halt union busting efforts and reinstate two unjustly fired employees.
TODAY, June 24 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare ULP Strike, Picketing at Bloomfield Store Following Illegal Union Busting
June 24, 2022
Union organizers launch an Unfair Labor Practice strike, calling on Starbucks’ leadership to rollback union busting efforts and negotiate a contract in good faith
Workers United commits initial $1 million to establish Strike and Defense Fund for Starbucks Partners
June 2, 2022
Workers United, the union supporting Starbucks workers across the country as they organize, is announcing our intention to establish a Strike and Defense Fund with initial dedicated funding of $1 million for the Starbucks Workers United campaign.
In the Wake of Resounding Pittsburgh Victory, Penn Center East Starbucks Store Files for Union Election
April 14, 2022
Today, on the heels of Bloomfield’s unanimous vote to become the first unionized Starbucks in Pennsylvania, the partners at store #7284, Penn Center East, have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Bloomfield Starbucks Partners Win First Unionized Starbucks In Pennsylvania
April 13, 2022
April 13th the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) counted the mail-in ballots for the Bloomfield Starbucks store on Liberty Avenue, resulting in a unanimous victory.
Southside East Carson St. and Northbound McKnight Rd. Starbucks Stores File for Union Election
April 4, 2022
Today, the Starbucks partners at Pittsburgh stores #65815 (McKnight Rd.) and #793 (East Carson St.) added their names to the list of Starbucks locations in Pittsburgh who have gone public to demand a safer, more democratic workplace and file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Market Square and Craig Street Starbucks Stores File for Union Election
March 23, 2022
Today, two more Starbucks locations in Pittsburgh went public to demand a safer, more democratic workplace and file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Second Pittsburgh Starbucks Files for Union Election, Calling on Company to Prioritize Partner-Corporate Collaboration
March 4, 2022
Today, the partners at the Amos Hall Starbucks became the second Starbucks store in Pittsburgh to go public with their demands for a safer, more democratic workplace.
Some Kutztown University food-services workers are trying to set the table for unionization. They claim their employer won’t let them
February 23, 2022
Dining services workers at Kutztown University who have been trying to unionize for months will hold a rally Thursday to publicly state their case.
Pittsburgh Starbucks Launches Union Campaign, Denouncing Company’s Union-Busting
February 11, 2022
Today, driven by outrage over Starbucks’ blatant union busting display in Memphis and their hope for a safer, more democratic workplace, workers at a Starbucks in the Bloomfield neighborhood filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Kutztown Update | Working at a College During COVID Has Sucked
February 2, 2022
At Kutztown University in eastern Pennsylvania, dining workers employed by foodservice contracting giant Aramark launched a public effort last fall to form a union affiliated with the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers, an SEIU affiliate. Pro-union dining services workers told Discourse Blog they’re short-staffed, paid too little, and not given enough opportunities to use the paid time off they’ve accrued.
SEIU PA State Council Endorses Summer Lee For Congress!
February 2, 2022
SEIU Pennsylvania State Council endorses Summer Lee for Congress.
SEIU PA State Council Endorses Austin Davis For Lt. Gov
January 25, 2022
The Pennsylvania SEIU State Council – made up of four local SEIU unions – announced their endorsement of State Representative Austin Davis for Lieutenant Governor
SEIU Unanimously Endorses Malcolm Kenyatta for U.S. Senate
January 19, 2022
Today, SEIU hosted a press conference to announce the unanimous endorsement of Malcolm Kenyatta for the US Senate.
Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor.
December 10, 2021
Employees at a Buffalo-area Starbucks store voted to form a union, making it only one of the nearly 9,000 company-owned stores in the United States to be organized
Canada Goose workers vote to unionize in Winnipeg
December 3, 2021
Workers at three plants owned by Canada Goose in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have voted overwhelmingly to unionize
Kutztown U. food service workers rally to join union
December 3, 2021
Kutztown University dining workers are demanding that Aramark institute a fair process for recognizing their union
