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Wins at Amazon and Starbucks Shouldn't Obscure the Hard Road Independent Unions Face

by Erik Loomis

The improvised and worker-led efforts to organize the new economy giants has led some commenters to proclaim the end of big labor. A labor historian says that workers still need the resources and support of legacy unions – if they commit to organizing new workplaces – to win against employers more determined than ever to bust unions. 

Howard Schultz Gets Roasted More than Starbucks Beans by Senators

by Kim Kelly

The CEO's reluctance to appear before a Senate Committee was made clear when Senator Bernie Sanders, labor law experts, and Starbucks workers confronted him with allegations that he violated labor laws in seeking to keep the coffee chain union-free. 

The Labor Upsurge Calls Us to Rethink Organizing Rules

by Chris Brooks

Do the successes of organizers at Amazon and Starbucks mean the age of slow, methodical and gradual organizing is over? Can workers use a union vote itself as an organizing tool to move quickly and defeat union-busting? 

Pumpkin spice wars: The violent history behind your favorite Starbucks latte

PSL is back, and so is its connection to a centuries old genocide.

Bias Training at Starbucks Is a Reminder That the History of Racism Is About Who Belongs Where

by Arica L. Coleman

The question of who belongs where is a central component of the history of racism, and many scholars have theorized that this collision of race and space helps to codify the constructs of difference and the Other.

UVA’s Andrew W. Kahrl says the Starbuck’s racial incident highlights a problem white northerners long ignored

by Andrew W. Kahrl

Jim Crow existed in the North, too, but in disguise

Not Even a Trip to the Amusement Park Has Been Easy for African-Americans

by Victoria W. Wolcott

On past Memorial Day weekends blacks faced discrimination and open hostility.