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Apple closing its unionized store at Towson Town Center

Apple will shutter its retail location at Towson Town Center in June. The store was the company’s first to unionize.

Tenants Faced Black Mold, Ceiling Collapses, And Pest Infestations. Now, Over 1,500 Units Have Unionized Across Six States

Tenants in low-income and affordable housing across the country are no longer staying silent about dangerous living conditions.

Kickstarter staff strike ends

The platform's unionized workers, Kickstarter United, gained "historic protections" against AI and more after striking for 42 days.

Unionized Grocery Workers Are a Sleeping Giant

In the first six months of 2025, grocery contracts covering over 130,000 union workers are set to expire. The contracts span five states, a dozen local unions, and several employers — namely the grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons.

16 Million Workers Were Unionized in 2024

Interest in union organizing is surging in the United States. Since 2021, petitions for union elections at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have more than doubled. And public support for unions is near 60-year highs—at 70%. This growing momentum around union organizing—aided by the Biden administration’s support for worker organizing and appointment of strong worker advocates in critical agencies like NLRB—signals a powerful push by workers to improve wages, working conditions, and workplace rights.

Workers Just Won the First Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada

In Mississauga, Ontario, 800 workers just won the first union at a Walmart warehouse anywhere in Canada or the US. It’s a big breakthrough at the notoriously anti-union retail giant.

Malaysia’s booming electronics industry leaves little room for workers’ rights

Malaysia has become a hotspot for global electronics and semiconductor investment, with country's electrical and electronics export seeing a sharp increase of 54.2 per cent. However, the surge of electronics and semiconductor investment in Malaysia is sharply contrasted with low unionization; only six per cent of all Malaysian workers are unionized, the majority in the public sector.