• The UAW is committing $40 million through 2026 in new organizing funds to support non-union auto workers and battery workers who are organizing across the country, and particularly in the South.
• Starbucks workers in 21 locations across 14 states filed to unionize Tuesday, marking the highest number of stores petitioning to join Starbucks Workers United (SWU) on a single day in the union’s history, the group says.
• The temporary restraining order that halted the unionization process for roughly 500 farm workers at five New York state farms has been lifted by Judge John Sinatra Jr. in Western District Court, except for one provision. This decision allows the United Farm Workers to resume organizing efforts.
• Advocates are pushing for legislation in New York state to mandate that tipped workers receive the statewide minimum wage, co-sponsored by Senator Robert Jackson and Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas.

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