unions

Starbucks workers at more than 100 stores across the country are demanding the coffee company “respect their right to a union” to obtain better wages and working conditions.

Workers are demanding hourly wages be raised by their employer, LSG Sky Chefs, from $14 at the lowest end to at least $20 an hour.

The Florida Professional Firefighters union has joined the Florida Police Benevolent Association in challenging the way a state agency is carrying out a new law that placed additional restrictions on public-employee unions.

A circuit judge rejected a request from three South Florida municipal unions and three union members for a temporary injunction against a new state law preventing government employees from having union dues deducted from their paychecks.

Hundreds of union custodial workers and supporters in Miami-Dade rallied to demand higher wages and benefits in the face of a growing affordability crisis, ahead of Justice for Janitors Day. They protested the state minimum wage of $11 an hour.

Staff of HCA hospitals in Florida have been protesting against what they called unacceptable working conditions.

Three unions representing workers in South Florida filed a lawsuit in Leon County circuit court, hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law.

A bill, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Miami, would place more restrictions on public-employee union, including preventing dues from being deducted from workers’ paychecks.

Six trade unions that represent tens of thousands of Disney workers say negotiations with the company have stalled, as they continue to bargain for higher wages.

The rail union representing 28,000 freight rail conductors, brakemen and yardmen has voted down the contract deal brokered by the Biden administration back in September.

Workers in central Florida’s tourism industry are pushing to raise their minimum wage to at least $18 an hour, arguing that rising rents and inflation have cut into their ability to make ends meet.

Men who belonged to unions their entire career made up to $1.3 million more, on average, than men who never joined one, according to recently released research.