Union Organizing Alert: Labor Making Big Gains in Retail, Service Sectors

Despite labor union participation dropping to all-time lows on a percentage basis in the American workforce last year, unions have been making significant gains in certain sectors as the pandemic subsides, namely the retail and service industries. Much of this, but not all, is attributable to the ongoing national organizing push at Starbucks. To date, nearly 300 Starbucks locations have voted in unions since December 2021.