Unions

Starbucks employees at the coffee chain's Elmwood Village location in Buffalo have voted 19 to 8 in favor of being represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The vote awaits official certification by the National Labor Relations Board.

The counting of ballots in a rare union election at three Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York will proceed as planned after the National Labor Relations Board rejected the coffee chain’s appeal to the delay the vote.

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union said its members “overwhelmingly voted to reject the tentative agreement” Sunday, more than three months after employees went on strike.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the formation of a union at some of the company’s cafes could disrupt the chain’s relationship with its workers, at a time when Starbucks seeks to expand its ranks of baristas.

Just a few weeks after ballots were mailed for a rare unionization vote at three Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York, the coffee chain is fending off a growing movement as three additional stores in the area appeared before the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to request their own elections.

Union members across the country are fighting for better working conditions and more representation in their national unions. In two large unions, they've made large gains toward having a greater voice in the organizations.

Kellogg's and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, which overseas employees at plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee, will head back to the bargaining table Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the cereal maker.

Contract negotiations between the Kellogg Co. and the union representing more than 1,000 striking cereal workers have restarted for the second time Monday.

Efforts by Starbucks Corp. workers to unionize have spread to Arizona, while stores in the Buffalo, N.Y., area have seen a shake-up in leadership amid the union drive there.

Striking John Deere workers have voted to approve the company's latest offer, ending a month-long strike

Striking John Deere workers represented by the UAW took a vote Wednesday on a third tentative agreement reached between the company and the union

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is set to elect this week its first new leader in more than two decades. With nearly 1.4 million members, it is one of the largest unions in the country, representing workers from delivery drivers to airline staff to warehouse employees.

A group of Amazon.com Inc. workers in New York City's Staten Island has withdrawn a petition to hold a union election, a spokeswoman for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board confirmed on Friday.

Due to an ongoing strike over contract negotiations, the cereal maker said Thursday it's resorted to "tapping our global manufacturing network and expertise" in addition to "currently hiring to fill roles" at the four plants in Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee.

John Deere says it is committed to delivering for customers during planting season regardless of whether its 10,000 UAW employees remain on strike

The National Labor Relations Board, which approved the vote last month, will start mailing ballots on Wednesday evening and count the votes on Dec. 9. Approximately 111 of the coffee chain's workers will decide on whether they would like to be represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

In early October, hourly workers employed at plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee, first took to the picket lines.

Kellogg issued the statement Saturday saying that there have been "a significant number of questions" on whether striking employees to return to work during the strike.

Labor unions are feeling emboldened under President Biden, and the effects of that are worsening the supply chain crisis in the U.S., according to experts.

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers say they are ready to walk off the job as the company continues collective bargaining with union representatives