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Economy

Unions are changing, but they may have trouble gaining ground in North Carolina

11:26am September 16, 2022

by Paul Garber

Grace Marvell, a 21-year-old biology major at Appalachian State University, wears a black t-shirt with what appears to be the familiar Starbucks logo with an image embedded

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National

A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms

5:44am June 13, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.

Economy

Workers at Boone Starbucks vote to unionize

4:18pm May 04, 2022

by Keri Brown

Employees at a Starbucks in Boone recently voted to unionize.

National

Apple workers in Atlanta become company's 1st retail workers to file to unionize

10:22am April 21, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Communications Workers of America, the retail workers' union, said big tech companies like Apple fail to give employees who don't work in an office equal standing and respect.

Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize.

Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

1:08am August 03, 2021

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union.

It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election

4:12pm April 09, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

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Vote tally is underway in a historic union election at Amazon's warehouse in Alabama.

Amazon Union Election: 'No' Votes Outnumber 'Yes' Votes At End Of 1st Day Of Counting

7:30pm April 08, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Hand counting will continue on Friday. So far, more than two-thirds of the tallied votes are against unionizing.

A banner encourages workers to vote in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

Why Is The Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?

3:35pm April 08, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

Vote tally begins in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., pictured here on Feb. 6.

National

Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

11:45am March 29, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

The results will determine whether Amazon gets its first U.S. warehouse union. It's been dubbed one of the most consequential union elections in recent history.

A man works at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. The retail giant faces a major labor battle with a unionization vote planned at a similar warehouse in Alabama.

National

Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company's 1st U.S. Union

3:43pm January 15, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Some 6,000 workers at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will begin voting on Feb. 8 on a groundbreaking possibility: the first union in the company's U.S. history.