Tue, 21-Oct-2025

30 Californian exotic dancers to vote over joining Actors Equity union

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Dancers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Hollywood, California will vote on unionization. Actors Equity Association is a union representing 51,000 actors and stage managers. The National Labor Relations Board issued a document setting a vote date for the November 7 election. Thirty exotic dancers in a topless bar in Hollywood, California will vote … Read more

Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to unionise, first in US

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More than 100 laborers in Towson, Maryland, voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Unionization efforts are gaining momentum at some large U.S. corporations, including Amazon and Starbucks. An Apple spokesperson had “nothing to add at this time”. Apple Inc (AAPL.O) laborers in Maryland decided on Saturday to join an association, … Read more

NLRB is being sued over firing of an Amazon employee

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Gerald Bryson was sacked from one of Amazon’s warehouses in April 2020 after protesting working conditions during the epidemic. In March of this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a court case requesting Amazon to restore Bryson. According to the board, Amazon breached his rights under the National Labor Relations Act. Republican senators … Read more

Closely watched union vote at US Starbucks near climax

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BUFFALO: The ballots have been cast and, on Thursday, employees of three Starbucks cafes in New York state will learn whether they have created the first unions at outlets owned by the retail coffee giant in the United States. The move to unionise by baristas and shift supervisors, in the face of fierce resistance from … Read more