Labor unions

The U.S. is experiencing a labor shortage that’s partly fueled by a drop-off in immigration, which ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pilots have been in contract negotiations with the airline for nearly three years and the two sides are at an impasse.

The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor, which has for years tried to organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers.

In a union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union was leading late Thursday by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.

Warehouse and store employees seeking union membership feel they have no seat at the table, and they’ve put companies on notice.

JetBlue and other airlines are hiring thousands of employees to cater to a snapback in travel demand.

The growing union push will be one of the challenges that incoming interim CEO Howard Schultz will have to tackle when he assumes the role on April 4.

Major airlines last rolled out incentive pay ahead of the year-end holidays to stem a staffing shortage.

The Seattle location is the seventh company-owned Starbucks cafe to vote in favor of unionizing under Workers United.

American and Southwest last year delayed plans to bring back alcohol because of assaults on crew members.

Carriers are scrambling to hire and train staff to match surging travel demand.

A new Labor Department report finds “occupational segregation” is costing women billions of dollars.

Several investors are urging Starbucks to adopt a global policy of neutrality for all current and future attempts of its workers to organize.

Baseball is back. MLB owners and players have reached a deal on a new labor pact.

United in August established the industry’s strictest Covid vaccine mandate.

Three more Starbucks locations in the Buffalo, New York, area have voted in support of unionizing, dealing yet another blow to the coffee giant.

Meetings between the league and MLB Players Association resumed in January following a lockout by the owners in December.

U.S. union membership levels are ticking upward for workers between 25 and 34, even as they decline among other age groups.

Researchers estimate over one-third of the U.S. workforce is bound by an NDA.

“We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, including Tesla, which did so much to make EVs possible in America,” Buttigieg said.