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LaborLab is seeking proposals for our 2026 Shmmit. Help build a movement that can defeat the union-busting industry.
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LaborLab 2026 Summit - LaborLab
Registration and Agenda Coming Soon May 6 – 7, 2026 The LaborLab 2026 Summit will convene workers, organizers, researchers, and community allies for a solutions-driven gathering focused on protecting ...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
LaborLab is seeking proposals for our 2026 Shmmit. Help build a movement that can defeat the union-busting industry.
laborlab.us/2026summit
laborlab.us/2026summit
The math doesn't make sense for @unitypointhealth.bsky.social to be challenging this. It's just union-busting.
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
UnityPoint Health Des Moines objects to challenge process after nurses vote to unionize
The hospital believes "the union abused the ballot challenge process" and argues that this has led to "confusion and uncertainty."
www.kcci.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The math doesn't make sense for @unitypointhealth.bsky.social to be challenging this. It's just union-busting.
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
A shadowy union-busting industry is silencing 60 million workers with intimidation and millions in undisclosed spending—while the Department of Labor and Congress do nothing. LaborLab's Bob Funk exposed this decades-long betrayal in congressional testimony.
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LaborLab Testimony: Why Won't the Department of Labor Enforce Union-Busting Disclosure Laws?
YouTube video by LaborLab
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December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A shadowy union-busting industry is silencing 60 million workers with intimidation and millions in undisclosed spending—while the Department of Labor and Congress do nothing. LaborLab's Bob Funk exposed this decades-long betrayal in congressional testimony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Qk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Qk...
Has your boss hired union-busters? You have a legal right to know.
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Has your boss hired union-busters? You have a legal right to know.
"The movement has more allies than it realizes, and harnessing them could reshape its strategic horizon."
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Labor Isn’t a Special Interest. It Promotes the Common Good.
Decades of data shows that nonworkers, including retirees and students, make up one of labor’s most consistently pro-union constituencies. The movement has more allies than it realizes, and harnessing...
jacobin.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"The movement has more allies than it realizes, and harnessing them could reshape its strategic horizon."
jacobin.com/2025/12/orga...
jacobin.com/2025/12/orga...
These employers hired union-busters and have been added to our Union-Buster Tracker:
➡️ Rutland Regional Medical Center (VT)
➡️ Empire Dairy (CA)
➡️ Midway Glass & Metal Installers (NJ)
➡️ Linden Oaks (formerly Speech Language & Development Center) (CA)
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➡️ Rutland Regional Medical Center (VT)
➡️ Empire Dairy (CA)
➡️ Midway Glass & Metal Installers (NJ)
➡️ Linden Oaks (formerly Speech Language & Development Center) (CA)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
Union-Buster Tracker - LaborLab
LaborLab’s Union-Busting Tracker tracks anti-union “persuader” consultants across the United States. We believe that workers have a basic and fundamental right to form a union and that any employer wh...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These employers hired union-busters and have been added to our Union-Buster Tracker:
➡️ Rutland Regional Medical Center (VT)
➡️ Empire Dairy (CA)
➡️ Midway Glass & Metal Installers (NJ)
➡️ Linden Oaks (formerly Speech Language & Development Center) (CA)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
➡️ Rutland Regional Medical Center (VT)
➡️ Empire Dairy (CA)
➡️ Midway Glass & Metal Installers (NJ)
➡️ Linden Oaks (formerly Speech Language & Development Center) (CA)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
Why is Starbucks so anti-union?
www.youtube.com/shorts/EBUhY...
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Why is Starbucks so anti-union?
YouTube video by On The Line
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December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why is Starbucks so anti-union?
www.youtube.com/shorts/EBUhY...
www.youtube.com/shorts/EBUhY...
UnityPoint Health’s Union-busting campaign has been viscous and unprecedented. Nurses are standing strong despite their employers’ underhanded tricks.
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
Outcome of UnityPoint nurse union vote unclear as 250+ ballots challenged
UnityPoint Health's vote on unionizing with Teamsters representation is still undetermined due to over 250 challenged ballots.
www.kcci.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
UnityPoint Health’s Union-busting campaign has been viscous and unprecedented. Nurses are standing strong despite their employers’ underhanded tricks.
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
www.kcci.com/article/unit...
“there are basically no penalties if companies drag out negotiations for years.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why | CNN Business
The Starbucks union organizing campaign has been one of the biggest successes in the American labor movement over the past few years. But despite momentum, there is still no first labor contract, a ke...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“there are basically no penalties if companies drag out negotiations for years.”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
"Starbucks’s leadership has a close alliance with another anti-union retail powerhouse: Walmart."
truthout.org/articles/why...
truthout.org/articles/why...
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.
truthout.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Starbucks’s leadership has a close alliance with another anti-union retail powerhouse: Walmart."
truthout.org/articles/why...
truthout.org/articles/why...
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NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
Go to minute 45(ish) to hear about UnityPoint Health’s union-busting campaign in Iowa.
Shining a Light on Union Busting: Insights from LaborLab’s Bob Funk
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Bob Funk, LaborLab, joined us on today’s show.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Go to minute 45(ish) to hear about UnityPoint Health’s union-busting campaign in Iowa.
LaborLab invites participants from unions, worker centers, community coalitions, policy organizations, universities, and others involved in the work of the labor movement to submit proposals (including trainings, workshops, and presentations) for our 2025 Summit!
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LaborLab 2026 Virtual Summit: Proposal, Presenter, and Speaker Submission Form
The LaborLab 2026 Virtual Summit will be held May 6-7, 2026 and convene workers, organizers, researchers, and community allies for a solutions-driven gathering focused on protecting the right to organ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
LaborLab invites participants from unions, worker centers, community coalitions, policy organizations, universities, and others involved in the work of the labor movement to submit proposals (including trainings, workshops, and presentations) for our 2025 Summit!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
These employers were added to the @laborlab.bsky.social Union-Buster Tracker:
❌ ATI Materials (TX)
❌ Cassia Healthcare - Chapel View Health Care Center (MN)
❌ Neptune Technology Group (AL)
❌ Preble Street Resource Center (ME)
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❌ ATI Materials (TX)
❌ Cassia Healthcare - Chapel View Health Care Center (MN)
❌ Neptune Technology Group (AL)
❌ Preble Street Resource Center (ME)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
Union-Buster Tracker - LaborLab
LaborLab’s Union-Busting Tracker tracks anti-union “persuader” consultants across the United States. We believe that workers have a basic and fundamental right to form a union and that any employer wh...
laborlab.us
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
These employers were added to the @laborlab.bsky.social Union-Buster Tracker:
❌ ATI Materials (TX)
❌ Cassia Healthcare - Chapel View Health Care Center (MN)
❌ Neptune Technology Group (AL)
❌ Preble Street Resource Center (ME)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
❌ ATI Materials (TX)
❌ Cassia Healthcare - Chapel View Health Care Center (MN)
❌ Neptune Technology Group (AL)
❌ Preble Street Resource Center (ME)
laborlab.us/resource/uni...
