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Baltimore Starbucks is First in Maryland to Unionize – Maryland Matters
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Fourteen Baltimore baristas made historical past on Monday, once they gathered in a downtown Baltimore resort and voted to hitch a union. The vote made their Starbucks — at 1209 North Charles Road — the primary in Maryland to unionize.
The vote, to hitch Employees United, was 14-0.
A former U.S. labor secretary who was available for the vote — gubernatorial hopeful Tom Perez (D) — predicted that the small however rising push to unionize Starbucks staff will quickly embody lots of of shops.
“This isn’t a one-off second,” stated Perez. “The variety of union organizing campaigns we noticed, the variety of strikes we noticed final yr, the collective motion that staff are taking throughout this nation… I applaud that.”
In an announcement, the Seattle-based retailer stated it revered the vote, but it surely stated firm operations would movement extra easily with out collective bargaining.
Staff of the Charles Road retailer stated a deterioration within the chain’s therapy of its staff — whom it calls “companions” — mixed with the stresses of the pandemic led to the unionization vote.
“I’ve heard it from many longtime companions,” stated one employee, Jennifer Clawson. “The circumstances that Starbucks staff work in at the moment could be very, very completely different from the way it was 5, ten years in the past. It’s simply extremely disturbing.”
With a profitable vote to kind a bargaining unit behind them, staff will subsequent elect leaders and start formal negotiations with administration over wages and dealing circumstances.
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Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Perez (proper) talks with Starbucks worker Jennifer Clawson (left) and union organizer Stephanie Hernandez (second from left) after Monday’s vote. Perez marketing campaign advisor Tucker Cavanagh is second from proper. Photograph by Bruce DePuyt.
Discussions about becoming a member of a union gathered steam earlier this yr, Clawson stated. “It’s a very large deal,” she stated of the vote. “Everybody at our retailer is so ecstatic.”
In December, a Buffalo, New York, Starbucks made nationwide headlines when it turned the primary location to fend off the enduring espresso retailer’s efforts to maintain its shops union-free. Since then, greater than two dozen have adopted swimsuit. An organization spokesperson declined to present a precise quantity, referring a reporter as a substitute to the Nationwide Labor Relations Board’s web site.
Stephanie Hernandez, a Employees United organizer, pegged the present quantity at between 28 and 30, with extra unionization efforts popping up each day throughout the nation.
“They’ve actually have been wanting to do that for some time,” she stated of the 1209 North Charles Road staff. “They’ve labored actually, actually laborious.”
The vote attracted a number of Democratic political candidates, together with former congresswoman Donna F. Edwards, who has launched a bid to reclaim the 4th District seat she held for eight years.
A neighborhood organizer earlier than coming into politics, Edwards known as the vote “inspiring.”
“It’s actually sweeping the nation,” she stated. “There’s a complete resurgence for labor.”
Edwards stated a lot of the labor motion’s new vitality will be traced to the early days of the pandemic, when staff with probably the most bodily demanding however low-paying jobs have been deemed important, whereas extra high-paid staff have been capable of make money working from home.
Many of the Starbucks staff are youthful individuals who didn’t develop up in union households. “It’s natural that they’re seizing this second to combat for themselves,” Edwards stated.
In an announcement, a Starbucks spokesperson stated: “We’re listening and studying from the companions in these shops as we at all times do throughout the nation. From the start, we’ve been clear in our perception that we’re higher collectively as companions, and not using a union between us, and that conviction has not modified.”
“We respect our accomplice’s proper to arrange and are dedicated to following the NLRB course of,” the spokesperson stated.
Perez, who served as state labor secretary for Gov. Martin O’Malley after which ran the U.S. Division of Labor for President Obama, stated the wave of unionization efforts across the nation helps flip again an anti-labor tide that started within the early days of the Reagan period.
“Fairly than combat these efforts and self-discipline individuals who’ve been concerned in union organizing, Starbucks ought to sit down down with these staff and listen to them out,” Perez stated. “In the event that they proceed to combat these efforts, their clients are going to begin voting with their ft. There are different locations you’ll be able to go get espresso.”
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Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West
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BALTIMORE – Severe storms have been plaguing western Maryland this afternoon. They are on the move east and will push into Carroll County near the 6pm hour. These storms have a history of producing winds capable of downing trees. We are also seeing heavy rain and lightning.
Most of the activity will push north and south of the forecast area surrounding Baltimore with the marine layer or stable air mass keeping the severe weather west of the mountain regions.
The warm front associated with the severe weather is bring warm, humid air in overnight. Expect overnight lows in the low 70s with scattered showers and isolated severe storms.
A secondary cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
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How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn
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Maryland football is back and kicks off its season at home against UConn on Saturday.
The Terps will take on the Huskies for first time since 2013, when Maryland won, 32-21. The Terps are coming off an 8-5 season, in which they won their third straight bowl game, while UConn is coming off a disappointing 3-9 season and looking to play spoiler on the road.
With a victory, Maryland will move its week one winning streak to five games.
The numbers
Maryland: 0-0
UConn: 0-0
All-time series: Maryland leads, 2-1
DraftKings Sportsbook line: Maryland -19.5, O/U 44.5
How to watch and listen
When: Saturday, Aug. 31, 12 p.m. ET
Where: SECU Stadium, College Park, Maryland
TV: Fox Sports 1 — Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Radio: 105.7 FM (Balt) / 980 AM (DC) – Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Steve Suter (analyst), LaMont Jordan (sideline)
Streaming: Fox Sports
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Maryland Supreme Court reinstates Adnan Syed murder conviction, orders new hearing
BALTIMORE— Maryland’s Supreme Court has upheld an appellate court’s decision to reinstate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained national attention in 2014 when it was featured on the first season of the “Serial” podcast.
The ruling says the case should be sent back to a lower court for a new hearing on whether it should be thrown out entirely. The decision reverses a lower court’s ruling that had cleared Syed’s name two years ago.
Syed had served more than 20 years for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.
He was freed from prison in September 2022 after Baltimore prosecutors found flaws in the evidence presented at trial and a judge agreed to vacate his conviction.
However, Lee’s relatives appealed the decision, contending they didn’t receive sufficient notice to attend the hearing that set Syed free. In March 2023, the Maryland Appellate Court agreed and reinstated Syed’s conviction and ordered a redo of the hearing.
Syed appealed that ruling, bringing the matter to the Maryland Supreme Court. Friday’s ruling comes 11 months after arguments were made.
Justices found the circuit court violated the rights of Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother.
“In an effort to remedy what they perceived to be an injustice to Mr. Syed, the prosecutor and the Circuit Court worked an injustice against Mr. Lee,” the court said.
Syed will remain free until the next hearing which has not been scheduled. The Supreme Court ordered the Lee family must have sufficient notice of the new hearing and a new judge must preside.
“If there’s actually evidence presented that shows that Adnan Syed should not have been convicted, we would be the first ones to congratulate Adnan Syed and argue he should be a free man,” said David Sanford, the attorney for the Lee family. “That hasn’t happened yet.”
In their dissenting opinions, several justices wrote when the case was vacated, any appeal by Young Lee should’ve been rendered moot. Those justices also argued there aren’t any specific victims’ rights that would require Young Lee be allowed to be present at that 2022 hearing.
Syed’s lawyer Erica Suter said that while they disagree with the ruling, the Lee family’s pain in this isn’t lost on them.
“Wrongful convictions devastate the wrongly accused, their family and the family of the victim,” Suter said. “Reinstating Adnan’s wrongful conviction does not provide justice or closure.”
Rabia Chaudry, Syed’s friend and advocate, went on Instagram Live to affirm that she will do what she can to keep Syed a free man.
“I will never not fight for his freedom and I know there are others, also, in his life who will never not fight for his freedom,” Chaudry said.
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