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Starbucks Barista Asks Labor Board to Overturn Regional Official’s Decision to Continue Blocking Vote to Remove Union

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With original case cited as grounds for blocking vote settled, worker pushes for decertification election to oust SBWU

Oklahoma City, OK – Starbucks employee Amy Smith has filed a Request for Review with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., asking the agency to review a regional NLRB order tossing her petition seeking an election to remove the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) union from her Oklahoma City store.

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Ascension St. Agnes Hospital Nurses Demand Vote to Remove NNOC/NNU Union Officials

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Requested vote would take place in unit of roughly 600 nurses; similar efforts also taking place in New York and New Jersey

BALTIMORE, MD – Nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are demanding a federal labor board hold a vote to remove National Nurses United (NNU) union officials from their workplace. St. Agnes Nurse Jennifer Delaney submitted a union decertification petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on November 15 on behalf of hundreds of her colleagues.

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Flight Attendant Defends Win Against Union, Southwest, for Illegal Firing

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Union and airline seek to overturn District Court ruling & verdict targeting discriminatory union firing

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Foundation staff attorneys defended Charlene Carter’s District Court victory at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, fighting appeals by TWU and Southwest in Carter’s anti-discrimination case.

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