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Thomson Reuters logo hangs off a buliding.

Reuters to Allow Employees Mostly Work From Home in Tentative Agreement with Union

Thomson Reuters Corp. and NewsGuild reached a tentative agreement that lets employees work from home three days each week. It also established a 10 percent salary increase over three years and $5,000 signing bonuses after nearly two years of negotiations.
By Rachyl Jones
Striking Starbucks workers hold signs and chant outside of a Starbucks coffee shop during a national strike on November 17, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Thousands of members of the Starbucks Workers Union are striking at over one hundred Starbucks stores across the country as workers try to negotiate a contract with Starbucks. The one day strike is taking place on Red Cup Day, when Starbucks gives customers limited-edition reusable red holiday cups, one of the company's most profitable days of the year.

Starbucks Workers Hold Their Longest Strike Yet as Frustrations Mount Over Bargaining

More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers are on strike this weekend to protest management's actions toward the union, which has yet to reach a contract more than a year into the campaign.
By Courtney Vinopal
Members of the New York Times staff hand out flyers as they picket outside of the New York Times headquarters

The Wall Street Journal Exploits the New York Times Strike by Offering its Site for Free Today

New York Times employees went on strike today, and the Wall Street Journal lifted its paywall.
By Rachyl Jones
The New York Times building is seen on June 30, 2020 in New York City

Is Worker Solidarity Worth Breaking a Wordle Streak? Striking Journalists Are Asking For Sacrifice

By Courtney Vinopal
In an aerial view, freight rail cars sit in a rail yard near shipping containers.

Biden Urges Congress to Block Rail Workers From Striking Over Sick Days, Challenging His Pro-Union Stance

By Courtney Vinopal
A Starbucks worker holds up a sign that reads "Starbucks Workers United" as pedestrians walk by one of the coffee chain's locations.

Workers at More than 100 Starbucks Stores Are Striking On “Red Cup Day,” a Major Holiday Sale

By Courtney Vinopal
A dancer dressed in black boots and a pink t-shirt holds but a blue sign that says #EquityStrong while addressing a crowd with a microphone.

Strippers Voting to Unionize a North Hollywood Topless Bar Face an Election Setback

By Courtney Vinopal
Cars drive on a flooded Ave Kennedy in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A Century-Old Law Supported By Unions is Blamed for Holding Up Vital Supplies for Puerto Rico

By Courtney Vinopal
Exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Are Striking For Better Healthcare and Salaries

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard outside of downtown on September 13, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.

Work-Life Balance, Not Wages, Is Driving A Potentially Massive Railroad Strike

By Courtney Vinopal
A Starbucks Divest sticker is seen on a plaque outside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

Starbucks Is Stepping Up Its Anti-Union Campaign With New Benefits For Non-Unionized Workers

By Courtney Vinopal
The New York Times building is pictured in Manhattan.

Nearly 1,300 New York Times Employees Are Protesting Return-to-Office Policies by Staying Home

By Courtney Vinopal
A woman drives a car outside a McDonald's store with a sign attached to her car window that reads "worker health is public health."

Why a Groundbreaking California Fast Food Worker Bill Could Transform US Labor Organizing

By Courtney Vinopal
celebrates following vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York.

The NLRB Hands Amazon Another Loss on Staten Island

By Courtney Vinopal
A minor league baseball player winds up a pitch on a field in front of a beige building and a sign that reads "Yellow House: John Deere."

Baseball Has Spent Years Fighting Minor League Pay Raises, and Now It’s Facing a Union Drive

By Courtney Vinopal
A copy of Tuesday's New York Daily News sits on the shelf of a newsstand, September 5, 2017 in New York City.

Journalists Are Fleeing the New York Daily News Under Its New Owner Alden Global Capital

By Courtney Vinopal
Two workers prepare burritos behind a window at Chipotle.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Chipotle Will Pay $20 Million to Workers After Allegedly Violating Labor Laws

By Courtney Vinopal

Reuters Workers Make the News by Walking Out for a Day

By Rachyl Jones

The Biden Administration is Targeting the Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings Favored by Apple and Amazon

By Courtney Vinopal
Elon Musk and Grimes

We’re Not Getting Grimes Back From Elon Musk Any Time Soon

By Helen Holmes

Despite Grimes’ Defense, Elon Musk Has Opposed Tesla Unions for Years

By John Bonazzo
Construction workers hold a rally in New York City.

Labor Unions Hold the Key to the White House in 2020

By John A. Tures
Hector Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU, and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, blast Labor Secretary-designate Andrew Puzner's anti-worker actions in front of a Department of Labor office in Manhattan.

Unions Rip Trump Labor Pick Puzder in Manhattan

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off his 2017 reelection campaign with an endorsement from the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association.

Bill de Blasio Now Thinks Bernie Sanders’ Message ‘Would Have Won The Election’

By Madina Toure
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