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  WA mushroom farm ordered to pay $3.4 million for discriminating against female workers

  A little more than a year ago, a Sunnyside mushroom farm put a job posting on Facebook, looking for only male workers. The post was made by a lead employee of the then Ostrom Mushroom farm. Now, the farm will have to pay out 3.4 million dollars to settle allegations of discrimination against workers it fired.
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  Amazon settles with former employee over claims of union interference

  Amazon settled a dispute with a former employee of an AmazonFresh grocery store this week over allegations of unfair labor practices at the Seattle facility.
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  Fred Meyer, QFC workers can wear Black Lives Matter buttons, judge says

  A union that represents more than 50,000 grocery store, retail, and other workers is celebrated a victory Friday, after a judge agreed with them and said they can wear their union-sponsored Black Lives Matter buttons at work.

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  Why is it so hard to unionize Amazon?

  It’s been a year since the first-ever successful union election at an Amazon facility, a milestone many believed would herald a labor movement at the Seattle-based tech giant. But rather than igniting a blaze of unionization, the labor movement at Amazon may be sputtering out.
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  Union-led residency program aims to combat WA teacher shortage

  Starting next school year, up to 20 aspiring special education teachers will get hands-on, paid classroom experience in the Federal Way, Walla Walla, and Mukilteo school districts through the Washington Education Association’s inaugural teacher residency program.
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  As CEO steps down, Starbucks employees strike

  On Monday, as Howard Schultz stepped down as interim CEO of Starbucks, he sent a memo to leadership at Starbucks. It reads, in part: “As I step away, I leave you all as the stewards, in service of all of our partners. They are the heart and soul of our company — the living embodiment of human connection.” Today, “partners” — aka store baristas — at 100 Starbucks cafes are on strike.
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  SIFF employees file petition to unionize

  A group of year-round employees at the Seattle International Film Festival recently filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union.
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  You may have heard of the 'union boom.' The numbers tell a different story

  Despite a stream of headlines last year about unionization drives throughout the nation, the share of American workers in unions fell to its lowest level on record. What's going on?

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  Union wins made big news this year. Here are 5 reasons why it's not the full story

  Starbucks stores from coast to coast. An electric vehicle battery plant. The first Amazon warehouse in the U.S. All kinds of workplaces unionized in 2022, but winning elections is only the first step.

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  Week in Review: Same-sex marriage, unionization, and aquatic life

  Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Isabella Breda, Crosscut’s Mai Hoang, and South Seattle Emerald’s Marcus Green.

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