Labor organizing efforts achieved big gains in the retail and service sectors in 2022, suggesting high-profile campaigns at
A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal data found that the Service Employees International Union won 386 elections that added nearly 20,000 workers to their membership in 2022—a more than four-fold increase from 89 election wins that added 5,827 workers in 2021. Starbucks baristas accounted for more than two-thirds of those wins.
The United Food and Commercial Workers also more than doubled their election wins to 111 in 2022, organizing ...