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Workers United Upstate New York
No shop is too small and no voice is too quiet to be heard. We will devote our time, energy and reso
And the votes are in! Three additional Starbucks stores in Buffalo voted to join our union yesterday. We welcome our newest members from Sheridan & Bailey, Transit & French, and Walden & Anderson. We have your backs and are so proud of you. #solidarity
The Heart Walk in in June is coming up quickly, and we need your help! Use this link to support our American Heart Association fundraising page.
American Heart Association Heart Walk
www2.heart.org
The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from USA's #1 and #5 killers - heart disease and stroke.
"Who would do this during the COVID?" Laughlin said. "We've gone through COVID. We've gone through delta. We've gone through the omicron. This is worse."
Laughlin was told his health insurance reimbursement is ending March 1.
Laughlin worked for xerox for 35 years. The reimbursement was a benefit he agreed to when he retired eight years ago.
Gary Bonadonna, Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board: "There's older folks in their 80s and 90s who were promised, they have a very good wrap-around plan with Medicare. That's being eliminated."
Xerox cutting retirement benefits
www.whec.com
Xerox is eliminating health benefits to thousands of retirees who worked in Rochester.That sucks!😡
"In terms of reversing decades of union decline, winning at 1000 Starbucks stores would be meaningless — now representing just over 6 percent of private sector workers, U.S. unions cannot simply “organize” themselves out of this deep hole — but in terms of creating momentum and generating a sense of excitement, winning 100 elections would be the biggest thing to happen to the labor movement for decades."
Will the Starbucks union victories ignite organizing across the country?
thehill.com
2022 might just be the year we see the beginnings of a new American labor movement.**Victory** for the six-figure salary trade union bureaucrats, and here's who they send out to defend them: Benji Pyles I know union staff that makes six figures and drive all over the gd country organizing workers and defending contracts. These ppl stay away from their children and family for weeks and weeks, sometimes months at a time. I generally agree the salaries are too high in general but it’s just supply and demand. To act like that’s the biggest problem is silly. Again unionize and organize a reform caucus. Or is that too much work for y’all keyboard warriors? The AFA president Nelson raked in $163,484 and Workers United vice president Gary Bonadonna jr. with $163,134 in 2020 salary, both excluding benefits.
You asked and we delivered… launching the official SBWorkersUnited merch shop! All proceeds directly support SBWorkersUnited partners. Merch is proudly 100% made in the USA and decorated by union workers! Link in bio. store.sbworkersunited.org