Tag: union
Massapequa Starbucks First to Unionize on Long Island, Great Neck Vote...
Employees of the Massapequa Starbucks store – at Massapequa Village Square on Merrick Road – have decided in a vote of 19 to 8 to unionize through the Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board. It is the first Starbucks location on Long Island to join the union.
Farmingville Starbucks First in Suffolk County to File Petition to Unionize
A Starbucks location in Farmingville has filed a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board after publicly stating their intent to petition to unionize a few weeks ago, according to Starbucks Workers United, a division of the Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board.
Another Long Island Starbucks Files to Unionize, Joining More Than 200...
The Starbucks in The Gallery at Westbury on Thursday joined a growing list of locations that have filed a petition to unionize, according to Starbucks Workers United, a division of the Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board.
Great Neck Starbucks Petitions to Unionize, Joining Dozens Nationwide
A Starbucks in Great Neck, along with four other Starbucks locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, filed a petition Thursday to unionize through Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board, following dozens of other Starbucks stores that have recently filed for unionization throughout the country.
Pindar Vineyards Field Workers in Peconic Form NY’s First Farm Union
A dozen agricultural workers at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic were certified last month as the first farm workers union in New York State.
Country Club Fires, Replaces Last Remaining Unionized Groundskeepers, Union Files Charges
The Pine Hollow Country Club fired on June 3 its two remaining groundskeepers without warning, prompting the workers’ union to file charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
Building and Construction Trades Council President Talks Rebuilding Economy
A third-generation heat-and-frost insulator in the labor movement, Matthew Aracich, who was elected president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau & Suffolk Counties, AFL-CIO three years ago, was involved in green energy before the term was coined.
Long Island: Divided By Unions
LI Eye: The island's expanding service sector enjoys the benefits of unionization. The rest of us pay the costs.