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🗞️ Starbucks to Pay $35M to NYC Workers in Settlement
Starbucks has agreed to pay $35 million to over 15,000 New York City employees to settle claims of unstable scheduling and hour cuts.
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🗞️ Texas AG Paxton Probes Global Retailer Shein for ‘Unethical Labor,’ ‘Unsafe Products’
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the fast-fashion retailer Shein for potential violations of state law concerning unethical labor practices, the sale of unsafe products, and misleading consumers.
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🗞️ Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Strike Enters Third Month Amid Unfair Labor Practice Allegations
The strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, initiated by Teamsters Local 332 on Labor Day 2025, has surpassed the three-month mark. The union has filed multiple unfair labor practice charges against the hospital.
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🗞️ Starbucks Strike Spreads to Memphis as "Red Cup Rebellion" Enters Third Week
Starbucks workers in Memphis joined the ongoing "Red Cup Rebellion" strike on Saturday, leaving the Poplar Avenue location closed indefinitely as the dispute over contract negotiations drags on.
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🗞️ WNBA Players and League Kick the Can Down the Road — Again
The WNBA and its players' union have agreed to yet another extension of their collective bargaining agreement, this time pushing the deadline to January 9, 2026. The two sides remain gridlocked over salary structure and revenue sharing.
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🗞️ House Oversight Committee Schedules Markup on Union Official Time, Probationary Period Bills
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will convene Tuesday, December 2, to consider legislation requiring detailed reporting on federal employees' union activities during work hours.
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🗞️ Thousands of Amazon Workers Strike Globally in "Make Amazon Pay" Campaign
Coordinated global strike and protest campaign involving Amazon workers across six continents
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🗞️ Starbucks Workers' Union Escalates Strike on Black Friday
Starbucks workers' union expanding its strike action to over 120 stores across 85 cities on Black Friday.
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🗞️ Proposed Legislation Cracks Down on Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
Republican senators introduced legislation making hiring illegal immigrants an unfair labor practice under NLRB jurisdiction and prohibits unions from organizing undocumented workers
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🗞️ Santa Fe Becomes First US City to Tie Minimum Wage to Housing Costs
Santa Fe, New Mexico, became the first city in the United States to directly link minimum wage increases to housing affordability
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🗞️ OPM Directs Federal Agencies to Reduce Senior Executive Staffing
The Office of Personnel Management issued a November 24, 2025 memo directing federal agencies to assess and reduce their staffing allocations for senior-level positions by December 19, following the Trump administration's reduction of more than 317,000 federal employees during 2025.
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🗞️ Taylor Farms Fined $1.1 Million After Worker Dies in Machine Cleaning Accident
OSHA fined Taylor Farms New Jersey $1,125,484 for willful and repeated safety violations after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a machine at the company's Swedesboro facility in May 2025, with failures in lockout/tagout procedures cited as the primary cause.