Successful Campaigns

We did it! Publix said it will allow store employees to wear beards starting on September 29, 2018.

Wells Fargo has announced it's eliminating product sales goals. Read more, here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/wells-fargo-cuts-all-sales-goals-as-it-seeks-to-rebuild-trust-1473766077

Jasmine has left the McDonalds where she was working and is currently happily living in Connecticut. Due to community pressure, the manager who assaulted her was terminated and removed from the store. Thank you all for standing up in solidarity with working women against abuse and harassment on the job!

Victory! After 1,000 people joined our petition, IFF's Asia Pacific Regional Manager flew to Australia to meet with the workers. We've now reached an agreement and can return back to work! We defended our breaks, protected our accrued personal leave and won a wage increase of 6.3% over three years. Importantly, workers made a stand, showed solidarity and our voices were heard. Thanks for your support. It made a difference! Read more about our victory: + Guardian: http://bit.ly/1CVKwRu + Herald Sun: http://bit.ly/1DAOmxJ

On January 24, 2018, Starbucks announced a new policy related to sick leave: "A new Partner and Family Sick Time benefit will be available to all eligible U.S. partners, which will allow partners to accrue paid sick time based on hours worked and then use them if they or a family member needs care. When this benefit goes into effect this year, Sick Time will accrue at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, thus a partner working 23 hours a week can expect to accrue approximately five days of sick time benefit over the course of one year." https://news.starbucks.com/press-releases/starbucks-announces-new-investments-in-paid-leave-wage

We did it! In January 2016, Apple employees got Martin Luther King day off for the first time. Here's the full story: http://fortune.com/2016/01/19/apple-mlk-day/

Kip Hedges has reached a settlement with Delta Air Lines in his wrongful termination lawsuit. The terms of the settlement, which was filed Aug. 13 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, were not disclosed. While not able to provide details, Hedges said, “I’m very happy with the settlement. I thank everyone for standing with me.” He said he will not be returning to work at the airline. (Barb Kucera, Workday MN)

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!

On December 17, 2014, Capital Bikeshare employees participated in a National Labor Relations Board election. We voted 41 to 14 to join the Transport Workers Union of America, Local 100 (TWU). Capital Bikeshare employees have now joined with our brothers and sisters in New York, Chicago, and Boston to form a union. Thank you so much to all of our coworkers and community members who supported our efforts!

Uber announced on June 20, 2017 that it will be making in-app tipping available to all U.S. drivers by the end of July 2017. Read the announcement here: https://pages.et.uber.com/180-days/