“Claiming Our Power, Protecting Our Democracy.” That was the theme of this year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Washington, D.C., and an impressive lineup of speakers showed exactly how it’s done. From young union workers describing how they “claim their power” at Starbucks and Amazon, to workshops on how to “protect our democracy” from voter suppression, the conference inspired hundreds of unionists to learn about and act on building a stronger union and a better world.
WASHINGTON Young organizers face both obstacles and opportunities when trying to convince workplace colleagues to go union, a panel of them said at the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative conference.
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WASHINGTON Starbucks Workers United will increase its efforts to enlist the coffee chain’s customers as allies in its nationwide unionization drive. It already did so with a “Red Cup Rebellion” last Nov. 17.
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