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After 3.5 years, Burgerville and its employees' union have a labor contract

 By Peter Romeo on Nov. 15, 2021

The negotiations stretched across 51 meetings, all the way back to June 2018.

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Will Starbucks' union vote touch off a new labor crisis?

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 12, 2021

What happens in Buffalo, N.Y., during the next few weeks could yield an answer. And the situation isn't looking good for the coffee giant.

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Starbucks loses a key battle in its effort to stay union-free

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 29, 2021

The NLRB ruled that a vote on organizing should be limited to a much smaller group of employees than the employer would have preferred, paring down the number of yea ballots that are needed.

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Union vote set for Chicago's landmark Italian Village

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 30, 2021

Ten employees are expected to cast secret ballots in the Oct. 22 election on whether to remain in the union Unite Here.

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4-unit Boston coffee chain agrees to be unionized

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 22, 2021

Darwin's said it will voluntarily accept collective bargaining by its employees if a majority favor union representation.

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Why workers can't stand restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 20, 2021

Quitting has soared to historic levels in recent months, and the exodus might have more to do with stress than pay, says RB's Reality Check.

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Why all restaurants should be watching Starbucks' union challenge

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 16, 2021

Labor experts believe the effort to organize the chain's employees in Buffalo is an example of a new type of activism that could spread to other operations large and small.

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Starbucks wants a union vote expanded to 20 locations

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 15, 2021

The coffee giant wants all 450 employees in its Buffalo, N.Y., market to have a say on whether they'll be represented by the Service Employees International Union. A yea vote would mark a milestone in organizing chain restaurants.

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Federal judge halts union's attempt to kill the tip credit through the courts

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 15, 2021

A suit alleging the credit is discriminatory and a major cause of sexual harassment was dismissed in part because the union group was pursuing an ideological objective.

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Unions' restaurant gains now include a federal appointment

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 30, 2021

A veteran of the nation's two largest hospitality unions was sworn in as a director of the federal government's unionization watchdog.

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