Successful Campaigns

Victory! You spoke out and Starbucks listened. Check out the dress code update for July 2016: https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-dress-code

We won! Thanks to all the baristas who spoke out, Starbucks is now allowing employees to have pink, purple, and green hair. We did it! https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/25/starbucks-allows-pink-hair-fedoras-under-new-dress-code/87538478/

After thousands of Netflix customers and employees joined this effort, Netflix has announced that it’s expanding its paid parental leave for hourly employees. Employees in the streaming (16 weeks), DVD (12 weeks), and customer service (14 weeks) will now all be getting fully paid parental leave where previously, none of the leave provided was fully paid. Additionally, the new policy will cover paternity leave and adoptions whereas previously only maternity leave was provided. This expanded leave time will make a big difference in the lives of hundreds of Netflix workers and their families. One customer service employee who joined this Coworker.org petition said she’s “ecstatic” about the news. Thank you to everyone who supported this effort! Our work isn’t finished. The new policy does not meet the full demands of this petition, so let’s keep the pressure on Netflix to continue to improve its leave policies. There is no need for a two-tiered leave policy for hourly and salaried workers. Everyone should be able to take time away from work to care for a newborn or loved one.

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.

UPDATE: After thousands of customers and employees joined this campaign, KEEN Footwear announced in November 2015 that it will now provide four weeks of paid parental leave to all new parents -- including moms, dads and parents of adopted children. That’s a big improvement from only six weeks of short term disability at 60% just for new moms. This additional paid leave means that many workers will be able to spend more time caring for their families. Thank you to all who have joined the campaign! At the same time, KEEN is a company that wants to stay competitive and can do more. We asked the company to provide eight weeks of paid leave because many of KEEN’s competitors offer at least that much. Even city employees in Portland, where KEEN is headquartered, now receive more paid parental leave than KEEN will offer. Please continue to join the campaign to show support for an even more generous policy!

(March 22, 2020): We won Paid Time Off! After six months of Amazonians organizing across the country, we have won what Amazon arbitrarily denied us until now. Now we must continue and fight for health insurance and real measures that prevent the spread of coronavirus in our warehouses. Read more about our fight to win PTO here: https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitedsacramento/together-we-fought-for-and-won-paid-time-off-932621114250

Our #OccupyTingalpa workers showed amazing strength during their 3 day lunchroom sit in. We can now report that these phenomenal workers have voted up a deal that will see job security and conversion for casuals to permanent workers after 12 months. Permanent workers are to perform at least 80% of all hours on site, and all duties higher than base level duties. Workers have also won back pay from 24 September 2014. This is a great achievement and members should be congratulated. Thanks too, to all who supported #OccupyTingalpa workers!

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!

After Associates delivered more than 20,000 petition signatures to dozens of stores around the country, Walmart implemented a new process for scheduling shifts. Associates from stores around the U.S. are reporting that when they clock in for a shift, a new screen asks them if they would like more hours. We're told managers are being instructed to provide Associates with more hours when requested. This is a major victory for Walmart Associates who've spent years speaking out about Walmart's scheduling practices, which left many workers without enough hours to pay their bills.