After withdrawing their plans to form an official majority union in 2017, opted to form a voluntary membership union, which collects membership dues but holds less bargaining power and is not formally recognized by the NLRB.

Source: https://emorywheel.com/laney-graduate-student-union-wins-election-makes-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laney-graduate-student-union-wins-election-makes-history

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.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5509834/starbucks-union-says-pride-weekend-strikes-closed-21-us-stores/

If no disputes are made, the results will be certified and, per NLRB requirements, TJ’s muct agree to meet with the union and begin good faith contract negotiations.

Source: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/04/24/trader-joes-unionization-oakland-rockridge-labor-violations

In January, an NLRB judge upheld the union’s victory, but Amazon said it would appeal.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/amazon-trader-joes-starbucks-anti-union-measures

Northeastern has historically engaged in union-busting tactics alleged union-busting law firms to represent them in NLRB cases and stop the certification of union elections.

Source: https://huntnewsnu.com/72038/campus/nlrb-grants-nupd-sergeants-and-sergeant-detectives-a-union-vote-despite-university-opposition/

So the NLRB vote strategy doesn’t really land the same way that it does in other industries and workplaces.

Source: https://therealnews.com/want-to-unionize-your-workplace-these-worker-organizers-have-some-advice

Starbucks has accused the NLRB of coordinating with the union to improperly influence the outcome of a union election.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/illegal-and-egregious-union-busting-howard-schultz-takes-the-hot-seat-in-bernie-sanders-hearing_partner/

“The Board takes care not to construe supervisory status too broadly because the consequence of such a construction would be to remove individuals from the protections of the Act,” wrote Laura Sacks, regional director of the NLRB, in the decision.

Source: https://huntnewsnu.com/72038/campus/nlrb-grants-nupd-sergeants-and-sergeant-detectives-a-union-vote-despite-university-opposition/

The NLRB is counting the votes on the 11th of September.

Source: https://centralrecorder.com/mtv-writers-call-out-ridiculousness-in-their-unionization-drive/