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Other staff at the restaurants weren't paid correct overtime premiums, and some just received their standard rate, the DOL said.

Fruit Stand Workers United, the union that workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location in Manhattan organized, wants to raise the minimum wage to $30 per hour.

Retail employees are accustomed to long hours and low pay. What really upsets them are corporate policies to push store credit cards on consumers.

Workers in Staten Island formed the first Amazon union in the US. Their victory makes Bezos’ space flight seem like small fry

From the financial crisis to COVID, corporations have profited while workers sacrificed. Now, they're turning to unions to try to wrench back power.

Workers at Target stores and distribution centers in places like New York, where competition for finding and hiring staff is the fiercest, could see starting wages as high as $24 an hour this year. The Minneapolis-based discount retailer said Monday that it will adopt minimum wages that range from $15 to $24 an hour, with the highest pay going to hires in the most competitive markets. “The market has changed," said Target CEO Brian Cornell in an interview with The Associated Press.

"I have a lot of co-workers and friends who I genuinely love and they do not make enough to get by," an Apple union organizer told The WaPo.

The move comes against the backdrop of unionization efforts gaining momentum at large U.S. corporations, including Amazon.com Inc and Starbucks Corp. The report said employee groups at at least two Apple retail stores are backed by major national unions and are preparing to file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the near future. At least six more locations are at less advanced stages in the unionization process, the report said, adding that Apple employees more than 6...

The move comes against the backdrop of unionization efforts gaining momentum at large U.S. corporations, including Amazon.com Inc and Starbucks Corp. The report said employee groups at at least two Apple retail stores are backed by major national unions and are preparing to file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the near future. At least six more locations are at less advanced stages in the unionization process, the report said, adding that Apple employees more than 6...

Starbucks workers at 15 additional stores are petitioning for a a union election, pushing to organize cafes across the country. In Buffalo, the first store to unionize is negotiating a contract.