2023 AFL-CIO May After a long legal battle, dancers at Star Garden, an adult entertainment establishment in Los Angeles, California, emerged victorious in their determination to join Actors Equity Association (AEA). At Advanced Grow Labs in West Haven, Connecticut, cannabis workers elected unionization signing on with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 919. Workers at the non-profit GrowNYC, which operates fresh produce markets at locations around New York City, and includes nutrition and farming education, distribution, and composting, attained voluntary union recognition after they communicated their yearning to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union / United Food and Commercial Workers (RWDSU / UFCW). Staff at the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia gained voluntary union recognition and are now united with The News Guild / Communications Workers of America (TNG / CWA) Local 32035. At Miami University in Ohio, faculty members cast their votes to stand together joining American Association of University Professors / American Federation of Teachers (AAUP / AFT) Faculty Alliance of Miami. April In California, planetarium lecturers at Griffith Observatory received voluntary union recognition from the City of Los Angeles' City Employee Relations Board and are now affiliated with the Actors Equity Association (AEA). At the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, staff in the professional and non-professional units which includes attorneys, social workers, child policy associate, trainers, and paralegals conducted a unanimous ballot of 21 to 0 to join National Organization of Legal Service Workers / United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (NOLSW / UAW) Local 2320. Retail workers at Bob's Discount Furniture in Nesconset, New York, and production and retail cannabis workers at Green Thumb Industries and RISE dispensaries in Minnesota resolved to mobilize and organize with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 888 and 1189, and after a card-check which was certified by an arbitrator, cannabis workers at MPX/iAnthus facility in Pleasantville, New Jersey opted for unity with UFCW Local 152. At the Berlin nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, the workforce consisting of stage manager, bartenders, coat checkers, security, and barbacks, and housepersons and room attendants employed by AFP Management Corp. at the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown Riverwalk elected union membership organizing with UNITE HERE Local 1. Staff at The Trevor Project, a non-profit group that focuses on the prevention of suicide among LGBTQ+ young people won voluntary union recognition after choosing to have a workplace voice with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Producers at WSNS-TV / Telemundo in Chicago, Illinois voted to be allied with the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians / Communications Workers of America (NABET / CWA) Local 54041. In Gresham, Oregon, registered nurses at the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, and in Portland, Oregon, a unit of speech pathologists, social workers, counselors, physical and occupational therapists at Providence Home Health and Hospice cast their votes to be aligned with Oregon Nurses Association / American Federation of Teachers (ONA / AFT). At the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, workers in the non-professional unit that covers approximately twenty-four job classifications, and staff, covering ten job descriptions at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, elected overwhelmingly to organize with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 47 and Council 8. Resident assistants at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and at Fordham University in New York City, along with tech employees at Findhelp, a social care network active across the country and which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, stood union strong voting for Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Locals 153 and 1010. March Dancers of the Texas Ballet Theater in Fort Worth, Texas, voted for union representation by the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Undergraduate teaching assistants within the Department of Computer Science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island decided to be united signing-up with Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals / American Federation of Teachers (RIFTHP / AFT) Graduate Labor Organization Local 6516. Paramedics and EMTs at Frontier Ambulance in Riverton, Wyoming, and maintenance and production workers at the Bobcat Company plant in Rogers, Minnesota gained a workplace voice as members of United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers (USW). Baristas and shift leads at Blank Street Coffee locations in New York City, and sales associates at Bob's Discount Furniture in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts opted for a union voice at their workplaces joining United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 1500 and 328. Retail workers at Recreational Equipment, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio gained unionization as members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union / United Food and Commercial Workers (RWDSU / UFCW). Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kansas voted to join and be united with National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNOC / NNU). Staff in the professional and non-professional units at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, corrections workers at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and employees at the Wexner Center for the Arts located at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio voted for a protected voice in their workplace joining American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Field Museum Workers United Council 31, Council 94, and Council 8 in the order shown. In Washington State, healthcare providers which includes physicians / assistants and nurse practitioners at seven clinics of the Community Health Center of Snohomish County, elected unionization with Union of American Physicians and Dentists / American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (UAPD / AFSCME). In two separate elections, one for editorial workers and the other for lab techs and operations coordinators for Reviewed, which is part of the USA Today Network, selected to be organized with The News Guild / Communications Workers of America (TNG / CWA) Local 31245. Stagehands at BodyVox dance company in Portland, Oregon exercised their judgement to unite with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE) Local 28. Staff at the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, Illinois, made the decision to be unified with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District Lodge 8. Workers at Cong Tu Bot, which is a Vietnamese restaurant located in Portland, Maine, secured voluntary union recognition from the owners after divulging their intention to organize with UNITE HERE. US-based employees of the Freedom House, which is a democracy organization and has locations in New York City and Washignton, DC, voted to have the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153 as their bargaining representative on wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions. February At La Grange Crane Service in Hodgkins, Illinois, mechanics, drivers, operators, oilers and technicians officially attained representation by the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150. Building maintenance mechanics for West Penn Power and Potomac Edison (First Energy) at locations in southwestern Pennsylvania and Maryland decided unanimously to join forces with the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 102. In Las Vegas, Nevada, event production workers employed by Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas voted in favor of unionizing with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE) Local 720. Baristas at four La Colombe coffee cafe locations in Chicago, Illinois, operators, managers and other workers at approximately two dozen farmers markets administered by nonprofit FRESHFARM within the Washington, D.C. area, baristas and shift leads at six locations of Blank Street Coffee in Brooklyn, New York, and workers in inventory and customer consulting at Beyond Hello, a cannabis dispensary in Sauget, Illinois voted 'Union Strong' joining United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 881, 400, 1500, and 881 in sequence. With union authorization votes being confirmed by an arbitrator through the card-check procedure, workers at New Flyer, a bus parts fabrication plant in Shepherdsville, Kentucky gained dignity and respect on the job joining International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers / Communications Workers of America (IUE / CWA) Industrial Division. In Lowell, Massachusetts, staff at Lowell TeleMedia Center, that delivers local programming including government meetings, voted to unionize their workplace with National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians / Communications Workers of America (NABET / CWA). Drivers for 10 Roads Express in Columbus, Ohio opted for unionization with American Postal Workers Union (APWU). Diagnostic technologists at the University of Michigan / Michigan Medicine gained voluntary union recognition and are now united with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals Local 6739. Support and technical workers at University of Vermont Medical Center have voted to give themselves a protected voice on the job joining Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals / American Federation of Teachers (VFNHP / AFT). Staff, that includes mental health counselors, therapists and clinicians at Resilience Lab, which is located in New York City, and animal care keepers at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, California, decided to be wise and organize with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Councils 37 and 36. Graduate student workers comprising teaching, research and lecturer assistants at University of Southern California proclaimed 'Union Yes' joining Graduate Student Workers Organizing Committee / United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (GSWOC / UAW). In Providence, Rhode Island, drivers for Durham School Services voted unification with Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 618. Therapists at Behavioral Health and Developmental Services of Strafford County in New Hampshire, emerged victorious in their determination to join International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1837. Production and maintenance workers at Merit Aluminum Foundry in Adelanto, California opted for union membership with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers (USW). January At the Northwood Academy Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, faculty and staff within the professional and non-professional units elected union membership into the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Alliance of Charter School Employees Local 6056. After a winning margin of votes cast approving union membership and the tally certified by an independent arbitrator, video game quality assurance workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Media obtained voluntary union recognition by management and now have exclusive collective bargaining representation by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), and in the town of Wyoming, Michigan, member service reps and tellers at the South Division branch of the Lake Michigan Credit Union, and electronic court reporters employed by Remote Legal in New York City voted in National Labor Relations Board elections to organize with CWA. Also procuring voluntary recognition are newsroom staff at Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and are now officially members of The News Guild / Communications Workers of America (TNG / CWA) Local 39521. Aircraft mechanics employed by Yulista Support Services at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina garnered the necessary votes joining International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers / Communications Workers of America (IUE / CWA) Industrial Division. Undergraduate resident assistants at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, selected and elected to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153. Adjunct professors and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, voted by a significant majority for a collective workplace voice joining American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Art Institute of Chicago Workers United, Council 31, and in Saint Paul, Minnesota, workers in the professional unit at the Science Museum of Minnesota gained union representation as members of AFSCME Council 5. Production workers at Nickelodeon Animation Studios are now officially members of The Animation Guild / International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (TAG / IATSE) Local 829 after management agreed to voluntarily recognize the union. In New Haven, Connecticut, graduate student teachers and researchers at Yale University opted to be trade union members with UNITE HERE Local 33. On-air staff at KVEA-TV / Telemundo in Universal City, California gained unity at their workplace with Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG / AFTRA). In Memphis, Tennessee, dancers of the Ballet Memphis have chosen a workplace voice with the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Workers in production and maintenance at Nouryon Functional Chemicals in La Porte, Texas, voted to join the labor movement as members of United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers (USW) Local 13-1. *Baristas at La Colombe Coffee Roasters in Washington, DC, *cannabis workers at Potomac Holistics Dispensary in Rockville, Maryland, and transit workers at MV Transportation in Springfield, Massachusetts which includes maintenance, schedulers, reservationists, road supervisors, driver trainers, and dispatchers voted to stand together with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) *Locals 400 and 1459. And after a victorious card-check process, clerks and cashiers at four Gourmet Garage grocery stores in New York City are the newest members of UFCW Local 1500.

2023 INDEPENDENT May The leadership of the Michigan AFL-CIO agreed to voluntary union recognition of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 243 to represent their workers employed within the legislative, campaigns, and communications departments. April In California, service and technical workers at the USC-Keck medical facility in downtown Los Angeles elected as their collective bargaining representative, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). In Seattle, Washington, the owners of Glo's diner voluntarily recognized their workers union preferment, the Restaurant Workers United (RWU). Baristas, shift leads and kitchen staff at one of the Green Sage Cafe locations in Asheville, North Carolina, drivers for RXO, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts area, cannabis workers including cashiers, tenders, and inventory in Brockton, Massachusetts, maintenance and clerical workers at Mount Pocahontas Property Owners Association in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, mechanics, drivers and warehouse workers at PepsiCo in West Branch, Michigan, workers in inventory and customer service at BGDC Distribution in Salem, Virginia, drivers for 10 Roads Express in Hazelwood, Missouri, bus and van drivers employed by Student Transportation of America in Portland, Oregon, drivers for Emeralds Textiles in Commerce, California, and commercial and residential waste drivers for Republic Services in Mesa, Arizona proclaimed 'Union Yes' and are now members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Locals 61, 42, 653, 773, 406, 171, 688, 206, 986, and 104, respectively. Licensed vocational nurses and workers with job titles of admissions, clerical, intake, cook, and health aides at Sharp Hospice Care in La Mesa, California, janitors at the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court in St. Louis, Missouri, building service workers for Skyline Tower Condo in Long Island City, Queens, New York, technical workers covering around forty job classifications at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in Flushing, and personal home care attendants at Avalon Private Duty and All About You Home Care, both in Las Vegas, Nevada voted to stand together hooking-up with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers West, Local 1, Local 32BJ, 1199 United Healthcare Workers East, and Local 1107, as listed. Baristas and shift supervisors at Starbucks coffee shops in Chicago, Illinois - Knoxville, Tennessee - Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, - and Columbus, Ohio voted to belong and be strong with the Workers United / Service Employees International Union (WU / SEIU). Management at the Community Cycling Center in Portland, Oregon voluntarily recognized their bike shop mechanics and retail workers union choice, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5. Recycling and salvage workers at Urban Ore in Berkeley, California preferred to be wise and organize joining Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). March The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) signed-up waste workers, including drivers and dispatchers at FCC Environmental Services in Dallas, Texas with Local 745, school bus drivers and monitors for First Student Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama, Local 402, biotech workers in operations and laboratory / research at Yecuris Corporation in Tigard, Oregon, Local 206, drivers and operators at Republic Services in Phoenix, Arizona with Local 104, critical care EMTs employed by Boston MedFlight in Massachusetts with Local 25, clerks, maintenance and warehouse workers at Capstone Logistics in Medley, Florida with Local 769, workers in maintenance, production, quality assurance and shipping at Graham Packaging Company in Selah, Washington, Local 760, and in Louisville, Kentucky, ABM shuttle drivers at the UPS Worldport package facility obtained voluntary union recognition from management and will be aligned with Local 89. Nursing home workers / caregivers at Rocky Point Care Center in Lakeport, California officially received voluntary recognition for their union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015. In Massachusetts, resident assistants at Boston University, shuttle drivers and dispatchers at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, caregivers at Aegis Senior Living Ravenna site in Seattle, Washington, personal care attendants for At Home Caregivers in Las Vegas, Nevada, and sterile technicians at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital expressed their desire to unionize by voting for SEIU Locals 509, 721, 775, 1107, and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East, in succession. An employee unit consisting of physicians and dentists (residents, interns, and fellows) at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York elected to be represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents / Service Employees International Union (CIR / SEIU). At Starbucks locations in Las Vegas, Nevada - Litchfield Park, Arizona - Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon - Evanston, Illinois - Lynbrook, New York - and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Workers United / SEIU conducted winning organizing drives of baristas and shift supervisors. At the University of Chicago in Illinois, graduate student workers proclaimed 'Union Solidarity' organizing with United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Graduate Students United. In Houston, Texas, machinists, techs, and materials handlers at Ethos Energy have chosen trade union membership with United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) Central South Regional Council, Local 724. February The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) successfully completed an organizing drive of baristas, shift leads, and team workers at Peet's Coffee and Tea in Davis, California with Local 1021. Workers United / SEIU recorded representation wins signing-up baristas and shift supervisors at Starbucks locations in Skokie, Illinois - Shoreline, Washington - Boulder, Colorado - Portland, Oregon - Liverpool, New York - Houston, Texas - and Valparaiso, Indiana. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) triumphantly organized transit ambassadors for Block by Block that serves the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in Boston, with Local 25, warehouse workers at United Natural Foods West, Inc. in Rocklin, California, Local 150, school bus and van drivers for Tewksbury Transit / Student Transportation of America in Tewksbury, Massachusetts with Local 5, warehouse workers at Commerce Distribution Company in Commerce, California, Local 630, yard and rail loading workers at Auto Warehousing Company in Flint, Michigan with Local 332, warehouse workers and service techs at Spider By Brandsafway in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Local 89, bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Plainview, Texas with Local 577, grounds keepers at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Local 305, and through the card-check procedure, investigators, attorneys, and other workers at the nonprofit Georgia Innocence Project joined Local 728. At Kindred Hospital in San Diego, California, pharmacists / techs, and clinical lab scientists won voluntary union recognition from management after choosing to affiliate with the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Also electing to join NUHW are hospice registered nurses, social workers, and chaplains at Providence St. Joseph Health Hospice in Petaluma and Santa Rosa, California, and nurses, counselors, and other caregivers at Sutter Care at Home Hospice in Sacramento, California. At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, graduate student teachers and researchers voted to band together joining United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). Staff at the non-profit Neighborhood Partnerships in Portland, Oregon achieved voluntary union recognition from management and will therefore be the newest members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5. January Workers United / Service Employees International Union (WU / SEIU) secured representation victories for baristas and shift supervisors at Starbucks locations in Kingwood, Texas - Ashburn, Virginia - Alpharetta, Georgia - Fayetteville, Arkansas - Louisville, Kentucky - Chicago, Illinois - Las Vegas, Nevada - Denver, Colorado - and Flower Mound, Texas. Hospital workers covering twenty job descriptions at Allina Health System in Fridley, Minnesota elected to be organized joining SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa. Baristas, and other workers in bakery, production, delivery and warehouse at five Sunergos Coffee venues in Louisville, Kentucky registered their ballots to join the trade union family with the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers / SEIU 32BJ. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, fleet service workers (ramp agents) at Sun Country Airlines, bus drivers at DS Bus Lines in Amarillo, Texas, drivers and warehouse workers (card-check procedure) at Grassdoor, a cannabis delivery company in Southern California, drivers and shredding techs at Shred-It, Inc. in Sharon, Massachusetts, and retail workers / wellness advisors at Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensaries in Buffalo Grove and Rockford, Illinois voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Locals 970, 577, 630, 25, and 777 respectively. Grocery employees at a sixth location of New Seasons Market in Portland, Oregon voted for a collective voice joining New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU). At the AFURI ramen + dumpling restaurant in Portland, Oregon, front and back of house workers gained a union voice on the job with the Restaurant Workers of Portland (RWP). Graduate student workers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois gained unionization as members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). At the Geisinger Clinic in Scranton, Pennsylvania, nurse practitioners and physician assistants voted for a united voice unionizing with Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP).