Employees at Verizon stores north of Seattle have won their union election, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York. The near-unanimous victory represents the latest in a growing labor movement across the country.
The near-unanimous victory represents the latest in a growing labor movement across the country that includes the unionization of Starbucks stores and the first Amazon warehouse union.
A group of workers and supporters watched the vote count streamed on Zoom by the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, in the parking lot by the Everett Verizon store, the Daily HeraldThe victory earns workers the right to bargain with Verizon over pay and working conditions. Austin Hitch, a Verizon employee and organizer in the union campaign, said employees want cost-of-living raises and more control of their schedules.
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