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Starbucks Is Sending 1 Lucky Barista To Costa Rica, But Not If They're In A Union

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North America Starbucks Is Sending 1 Lucky Barista To Costa Rica, But Not If They're In A Union [HuffPost] 08-02-2024

North America / South America UNI Americas' Care action plan: Breaking through today for a better future in the sector [UNI] 29-06-2022

North America Moving Toward a New Era of Labor Rights in Trade Policy? [The Regulatory Review] 31-08-2021

North America The New NAFTA Won't Protect Workers' Rights [The Nation] 09-11-2019

North America Unions take NAFTA wage fight to Mexican Senate [Reuters] 18-11-2017

North America Labour rights need to be at the core of any amended NAFTA deal: Wells [The Star] 30-09-2017

North America Mexico appears willing to improve conditions for workers [The Star] 27-09-2017


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  JOB   PSI Sub-regional Secretary, North America 2024-03-08 [PSI]

Starbucks Is Sending 1 Lucky Barista To Costa Rica, But Not If They're In A Union 2024-02-08 [HuffPost]

North America Educators ready to play an active role in transforming education in North America and the Caribbean 2024-01-28 [EI]

Former Bath Iron Works pipefitter installed as new leader of international union 2024-01-09 [The Herald]

Canada The UPS Agreement in its ‘Concrete Context and Outcomes’: A Response to a Response 2023-09-07 [Sam Gindin/The Bullet]

North America NUJP North America Marks the First Year of the Fight for Press Freedom 2023-07-05 [NUJP]

India Ford preparing for new round of layoffs for US salaried workers, Wall Street Journal reports 2023-06-23 [Reuters]

SIU stays on course with leadership changeover and relishes new challenges ahead 2023-02-19 [ITF]

Latin America BWI World Council welcomes first IFA signed at regional level 2022-10-08 [BWI]

North America PSI Inter-America�s Young Workers, LGBTQIA + and Anti-racism and xenophobia committees meet virtually 2022-10-01 [PSI]

South America 5th Forum of UNI Americas New World of Work 2022-07-17 [UNI]

South America UNI Americas' Care action plan: Breaking through today for a better future in the sector 2022-06-29 [UNI]

Only one Starbucks in North America is currently unionized, and it's in Victoria, B.C. Why is Starbucks so afraid of unions? 2022-04-23 [The Star]

  JOB   ITUC - Director – Washington D.C. Office 2022-04-12 [ITUC]

Strong solidarity in North American cement network 2022-03-22 [IndustriALL]

North America How Union Drives in Mexico Help All Workers 2022-03-03 [LA Progressive]

North America GM Labor Vote in Mexico Raises Red Flags for Unifor, AFL-CIO 2022-01-21 [Bloomberg]

Teamsters' Election Will Determine Strike Power of North America's Largest Union 2021-10-26 [Truthout]

Moving Toward a New Era of Labor Rights in Trade Policy? 2021-08-31 [The Regulatory Review]

The Daily Dash: Union workers at Volvo Trucks reject contract 2021-05-18 [Freightwaves]

Covid-19: Amazon set to hire 75,000 workers in US, Canada 2021-05-13 [The Street Journal]

Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement 2021-01-30 [Verge]

North America West Virginia History-making deal at Cabell Huntington 2021-01-18 [The Daily Independent ]

North America North America meatpackers prepare for virus upsurge 2020-12-20 [AR Democrat Gazette]

North America Labour policies a concern to trade panel 2020-12-16 [AO]

North America NAFTA is officially gone. Here's what has and hasn't changed 2020-07-01 [CNN]

North America Jailing Of Labor Activist Raises Concerns About Mexico's Readiness For USMCA 2020-06-30 [NPR]

A call to the working class! Stop Trump's coup d'état! 2020-06-09 [WSWS]

What can Bernie Sanders do for US Latinos? 2020-02-29 [Opendemocracy]

Sanders and the unions 2020-02-07 [Workersliberty]

North America ACTRA statement on amended Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement 2019-12-13 [ACTRA]

North America Steelworkers' union lobbies for upgrades to trade agreement 2019-12-11 [Soo Today]

North America Steelworkers Recognize NAFTA Improvements, Cite Aluminum/Steel Concerns 2019-12-11 [USW]

North America Canada should enforce its own labour standards 2019-11-29 [The Star]

North America Canadian labour backs U.S. Democrats, unions in USMCA impasse, but ratification timing a ‘worry,' says Canadian Labour Congress 2019-11-27 [The Hill Times]

The New NAFTA Won't Protect Workers' Rights 2019-11-09 [The Nation]

North America Fate of rewritten North American trade pact rests with labor unions and Democrats 2019-09-10 [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

North America AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka laughs at Trump's suggestion unions love new trade deal 2019-06-18 [Politico]

North America Goverment on track to pass labor reform required in USMCA 2019-04-10 [Politico]

North America AFL-CIO warns against 'premature' vote on NAFTA replacement 2019-04-02 [The Examiner]

North America The 2018 midterms and the emerging class consciousness in the US 2018-11-29 [Equal Times]

North America New Obstacles Arise for the New Nafta 2018-11-22 [Bloomberg]

North America Renegotiated NAFTA Must “Truly Advance the Interests of Workers in Canada and Across North America' 2018-09-02 [USW]

North America California The Workers Lab: the union-backed accelerator helping to disrupt capitalism 2018-08-16 [Equal Times]

North America FIFA – North America World Cup in 2026 a New Test for Human Rights 2018-06-19 [ITUC]

North America California En Californie, de plus en plus d'entreprises misent sur le recrutement des autistes 2018-06-18 [Equal Times]

North America California In California, more and more companies want to recruit autistic employees 2018-06-18 [Equal Times]

North America All ready for the wary handshake between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un 2018-06-08 [Equal Times]

North America Low wages a sticking point in NAFTA talks, but labour woes run deeper 2018-05-23 [The Globe and Mail]

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