[ [link removed] ]Labor Week with Team AOC



This year, we’re shaking things up. Instead of just wishing you a Happy
Labor Day, Team AOC wants to wish you a Happy Labor WEEK!

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a remarkable resurgence in the
American labor movement. A new Gallup poll indicates that 71% of Americans
support labor unions, the highest percentage since 1965.^1 For the first
time ever, workers at large national chains, including Chipotle, Apple,
Google, Amazon, and Starbucks, have voted to unionize some of their local
sites.^2

In honor of these wins and ongoing fights, we want to spend the week
highlighting some union efforts we are especially proud of, including one
happening in our own backyards! You may have heard that 11 Starbucks
employees in Astoria voted unanimously to unionize their shop in June,
joining the ranks of 50+ other unionized shops nationwide and making it
the first unionized Starbucks in NY-14!^3 AOC was proud to stand with
these brave workers in their fight for higher wages, more time off, better
schedules, and the power to address health and safety concerns in the
workplace.

Unfortunately, like most corporations, Starbucks is outspokenly hostile to
workplace organizing, and will continue to respond in kind with
union-busting and retaliation.^4 So it’s time for us to step up and help!

We’re partnering with the CoWorker Solidarity Fund, which facilitates
mutual aid for people building power in their sectors and workplaces. This
summer, CSF is kicking off an effort to raise money for their brand new
Starbucks Workers’ Fund.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in $3 today to support Starbucks workers
organizing across the country? Because this fund is for mutual aid, 100%
of your gift will go directly to support workers!

[ [link removed] ]Screen shot of video: AOC with Starbucks workers

[ [link removed] ]Contribute to Starbucks Workers Fund →

Stay tuned the rest of this week as we check in with workers, strikers,
and labor organizers fighting for their rights across the country. We
can’t wait to share more details of these campaigns and successes with
you, and hope it may inspire you to organize your workplace!

Happy Labor Week!

Team AOC

 

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1 - [ [link removed] ]The Hill
2 - [ [link removed] ]The Guardian
3 - [ [link removed] ]Gothamist
4 - [ [link removed] ]Vice and [ [link removed] ]Vox


 

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