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Starbucks Is Trying to Wear Workers Down Through Its Relentless “Soft” Union Busting

By Isabela Escalona
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What Nurses and Teachers Won By Withholding Their “Feminized Labor”

It is no surprise that out of the hundreds of strikes that began last year, two historic ones occurred in Minnesota, where feminized workers withheld their labor to demand better working conditions, hold their employers accountable, and stand up against greed for collective good and care.

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