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Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement

  • Written by John Logan, Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movementUnions on the rise?AP Photo/Joshua Bessex

Union drives have suddenly become hot news.

In a closely watched Nov. 29, 2021, decision, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon had committed serious violations of federal labor law during a union campaign at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. In the decision, the NLRB attacked Amazon’s...

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