Apple is in trouble for its anti-union busting practices at one of its 270 stores in the United States. On June 20, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge, Lauren Esposito, ruled that the tech giant violated their employees’ rights by interfering with unionization efforts at the World Trade Center (WTC) location in New York City,…

News Analysis President Biden has vowed to be the “most pro-union president in history.” And one sector over which he has a lot of control is said to be bucking the decades-long trend of union decline in a big way: The ranks of unionized federal government employees swelled by nearly 80,000 to about 497,000 dues-paying…

Rates of union membership fell to an all time low of 10.1 percent in 2022, according to a Thursday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), despite President Joe Biden’s promise to bolster American unions. Biden pledged to “be the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen” to a group of supporters the night before the 2020 election, according to…

Amazon said it plans to appeal the official certification of its workers attempts at unionization in New York by the federal government’s labor relations board. Regional director Cornele Overstreet of the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) upheld an Amazon warehouse union’s victory in New York City in her decision on Jan. 11. The Amazon Labor Union…

Commentary There’s no such thing as blue money or red money. Only the green stuff will pay bills. Friday, North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell became the latest of many officials from nearly half the states across the United States—including Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, Arizona, and West Virginia—to protest Wall Street’s blue investment strategy, also…

PHILADELPHIA—Home Depot workers in Philadelphia rejected the first store-wide labor union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer Saturday night, a loss for a fledgling movement to organize at major U.S. companies. Workers voted 165 to 51 against forming Home Depot Workers United, which would have represented 274 employees at the store, according to the…

Starbucks on Aug. 15, accused National Labor Relations Board officials of allegedly engaging in misconduct during a unionization vote at a location in the Kansas City area and has asked the labor board to suspend all mail-in ballot union elections nationwide. The Seattle coffee chain sent a letter to the chairman and general counsel of the…

Microsoft Corp. will not resist unionization efforts from its employees, its President Brad Smith said on Thursday. Microsoft recognizes employees legal right to choose to form or join a union, although they “will never need to organize to have a dialogue” with leaders, Smith said in a blog post on Thursday. The comment comes against…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is testifying in court. When asked if Joe Biden lost the presidential election, she said, “Well, yes.” As pandemic-related restrictions continue to be rolled back, the aftermath of lockdowns is starting to show. We take a look at some of the collateral damage and speak to psychiatrist Carole Lieberman to…

Apple store employees at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on April 20 to hold a union election amid a wave of unionization attempts at retail stores across the country. If the vote is successful, the workers would be the first Apple retail store to unionize…