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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

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NLRB and Union Keep Whipping Up on Starbucks

NLRB Organizing Starbucks Workers August 28, 2022 by digital

            Marble Falls   Hardly nine months ago, workers in a Buffalo Starbucks won the first US-election in the company.  In the first eight months since that initial victory, Workers United / SEIU has won 200 elections, 52 of them unanimously, for a win rate of around 85% of all elections filed.  According to the NLRB, …

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Lowest Common Denominator Unionism

Amazon Labor Organizing Starbucks Unions June 17, 2022 by digital

            Montreal         If you’re looking for leadership from the AFL-CIO to meet the challenge of this movement moment among workers, you may have to keep looking.  When newly elected AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler was elected to a full four-year term in the AFL-CIO convention, she declared a one-million new member goal.  Reportedly, there was a …

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Starbucks Real Anti-Union Strategy is Time

Ideas and Issues Starbucks Unions Workers April 30, 2022 by digital

            New Orleans      In Starbucks case, the new boss is not the same as the old boss.  The new boss is the old boss several times over.   The Starbucks board brought back Howard Shultz, who became a billionaire as CEO and one of the founders of the chain.  Part of his mission was reportedly …

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