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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: CVS Workers Ratify Powerful New Agreement

Thousands of CVS pharmacists, clerks and technicians, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in California voted on Friday to ratify a new three-year contract with the pharmacy.
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Protesting for Better Staffing Practices: The Working People Weekly List

Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at Nonfiction Production Company McGee Media Ratify First Contract

Workers at McGee Media, the nonfiction production company behind PBS’ Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., agreed to their first union contract. The contract covers 25 staffers who work as producers, researchers and archivists, and are unionized with the Writers Guild of America East. They unanimously voted to ratify the contract on last week.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at Shedd Aquarium Win Union Election

Employees at the Shedd Aquarium have overwhelmingly voted to join AFSCME Council 31, making them the latest workers at the cultural institution in Chicago who have decided to organize for an improved workplace.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at Alaska’s Largest Newspaper Approve New Union

Workers in the newsroom at the Anchorage Daily News, the state’s largest newspaper, voted to unionize 13-4. The vote gives the Anchorage Daily News the only unionized newsroom in Alaska. The workers intend to advocate for fair wages, financial transparency and a sustainable workplace environment.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Weill Cornell Workers Successfully Vote to Form a Union with the TWU

Custodians, housekeepers and receiving clerks at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City successfully organized with Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 241.