Successful Campaigns

Friends, thanks to your unwavering support, we saved the Metropolitan Opera! Final union agreements were reached on August 21st while staying true to our message: We tightened our belts, and the Met Opera management cut up their credit cards. We are proud of IATSE members for their bravery in the face of potential lockout – and we are also humbled by your immense support for the Save the Met Opera campaign. Thank you! The 2014-2015 season kicks off on September 22nd with a new production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and will include 221 performances of 26 operas in six new productions and 18 revivals. Learn more about the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the union behind the scenes of the Met Opera, by visiting our website (www.iatse.net), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/iatse), and Twitter (www.twitter.com/iatse).

Starbucks has released a statement that its looking to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. We won. Thank you to all baristas and non baristas who signed this campaign.

After a one-day strike we delivered our list of demands. Two weeks later workers received a temporary COVID-19 plan of action. This win includes paid sick leave through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This act originally expired in January and was renewed again until March. We are hoping protections will be extended past March. Please continue to support us! It will take community pressure on management at Hops and throughout the city of Greensboro to make sure they follow through on meeting employees’ demands.

Thank you for all of your support on this campaign! We were able to achieve almost all of our demands and have received accommodations from management.

Victory! Starbucks has announced that they will not be holding Happy Hour for December 17th and January 7th! Let's continue to use our voices to make sure all partner voices are heard. Thank you to everyone who has signed and shared this petition so far and please continue to share with others! https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-cancels-happy-hour-deal-due-to-crowd-concerns-2020-12

Kroger has agreed to pay workers the $2 hazard pay as demanded in this petition! http://www.tdu.org/kroger_finally_agrees_to_2_per_hour_hazard_pay

March 22nd - New Seasons Market workers win temporary "Thank You' pay. https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/03/new-seasons-begins-limiting-number-of-customers-inside-stores-making-overflow-wait-outside.html

CEO Rick Wright has announced hazard pay for all Market of Choice employees! Thank you for making this happen and setting an example for grocery companies everywhere!

Walmart puts social distancing and customer limits in place, April 2020 https://abc11.com/coronavirus-walmart-shopping-social-distancing/6074623/

We won, in a way. While Trader Joe's still refuses to provide hazard pay to the thousands of workers who are putting ourselves on the front lines of a global pandemic, our petition raised awareness among our coworkers of the power of collective action. It appears we also may have inspired other grocery workers to petition their companies to provide hazard pay, many of which have been successful. Sadly, Trader Joe's is hoping that maintaining an image of compassion will excuse the company from having to tangibly act with compassion. The company used the existence of this petition to lie to workers, telling them it was a trick to get people to sign their name to the union effort. That is so emphatically untrue. Telling crew that to scare them is a cut and clear Unfair Labor Practice violation. Their attempt to union-bust as we cry out for help amid a global health crisis makes it clearer than ever where corporate's priorities lie – and the work we need to do to get them to act right. Our win is not because Trader Joe's is providing its workers common sense policy, but because our fellow crewmembers are now unshakably aware that this company will refuse to do what's right if we remain quiet. We are ending this campaign at 20,000 signatures to stand as a reminder for crewmembers that we are here and we will not back down. We are ending this campaign at 20,000 signatures to remind corporate that we have broad public support and worker solidarity on our side – and we're only just getting started. Solidarity forever.