REI, Amazon and Starbucks: labor in NYC may be having a moment

WNYC News | Mar 9, 2022

Workers at a national retail chain REI in SoHo voted to unionize last week. So did tech workers at the New York Times. Baristas at a handful of Starbucks locations around the city are organizing, so are thousands of Amazon warehouse workers. Their union vote will take place later this month. month. WNYC’s Gwynne Hogan looks at whether labor is having a moment in New York City.

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