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.
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.
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.
Union worker organizers launch a strike, calling on Starbucks’ leadership to halt union busting efforts and reinstate two unjustly fired employees.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dining services workers at Kutztown University who have been trying to unionize for months will hold a rally Thursday to publicly state their case.
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.
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 Pennsylvania State Council endorses Summer Lee for Congress.
The Pennsylvania SEIU State Council – made up of four local SEIU unions – announced their endorsement of State Representative Austin Davis for Lieutenant Governor
Today, SEIU hosted a press conference to announce the unanimous endorsement of Malcolm Kenyatta for the US Senate.
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
Workers at three plants owned by Canada Goose in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have voted overwhelmingly to unionize
Kutztown University dining workers are demanding that Aramark institute a fair process for recognizing their union
