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STARBUCKS workers in New York have won their first victory in a bid for union recognition after the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Thursday that voting would take place branch by branch.
“With this decision, we will now have the ability to win the first unionised Starbucks in the US ensuring our right to organise,” campaign organisers said.
Employees at three stores in the Buffalo region of New York state launched a unionisation campaign earlier this year.
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Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE