7/23/2023 0 Comments General strike newsWith most adults now vaccinated, rates of hospitalizations and deaths are way down. Renewed fears of the Delta variant of Covid may play some role. Reminder: the extra benefits ran out on Labor Day. These numbers have nothing to do with the Republican bogeyman of extra unemployment benefits supposedly discouraging people from working. That comes to about 2.9% of the workforce – up from the previous record set in April, of about 4 million people quitting.Īll told, about 4 million American workers have been leaving their jobs every month since the spring. ![]() The Department of Labor reported on Tuesday that some 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August. Yet overall hiring has actually declined.Īnother clue: Americans are also quitting their jobs at the highest rate on record. Over the past year, job openings have increased 62%. Participation for people in their prime working years, defined as 25 to 54 years old, is also down. The share of people working or actively looking for work (the labor force participation rate) has dropped to 61.6%. Last Friday’s jobs report showed the number of job openings at a record high. After a year and a half of the pandemic, consumers have pent-up demand for all sorts of goods and services.īut employers are finding it hard to fill positions. But in its own disorganized way it’s related to the organized strikes breaking out across the land – Hollywood TV and film crews, John Deere workers, Alabama coal miners, Nabisco workers, Kellogg workers, nurses in California, healthcare workers in Buffalo.ĭisorganized or organized, American workers now have bargaining leverage to do better. You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions. The company agreed to back pay for 10 workers and also said it would inform current employees in the Seattle area that it won’t interfere with their right to organize.The media failed to report the big story, which is actually a very good one: American workers are now flexing their muscles for the first time in decades. Earlier this month, the company agreed to settle an NLRB complaint that it improperly blocked unionized employees from working shifts at University of Washington football games. Starbucks doesn’t support unionization, and the effort has been contentious. Workers are seeking guaranteed minimum hours, gender-neutral store bathrooms and safety improvements, among other things. stores have voted to unionize since late 2021, while 76 stores have voted against unionizing, according to the National Labor Relations Board. ![]() “As such, we strongly disapprove of any person or group, seeking to use our partners’ cultural and heritage celebrations to create harm or flagrantly advance misinformation for self-interested goals.”Īt least 319 of Starbucks’ 9,265 company-operated U.S. “We want to be crystal clear: Starbucks has been and will continue to be at the forefront of supporting the LGBTQIA2+ community, and we will not waver in that commitment,” Narasimhan said. In a letter to employees posted Friday on Starbucks’ website, CEO Laxman Narasimhan noted that a Pride flag is currently flying over the company’s Seattle headquarters, just as it has in past years.
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