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As Amazon and Starbucks workers notch major union wins, UBS says we’re in a labor environment ‘not seen for decades’

Tom Hagler by Tom Hagler
14.04.2022
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As Amazon and Starbucks workers notch major union wins, UBS says we’re in a labor environment ‘not seen for decades’
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  • Right now, there’s a swell of union activity, and businesses are taking notice.
  • In a note, UBS said it’s “too early to declare pro unionization a trend.”
  • And a dent to business is pretty far off, but movements at Amazon and Starbucks have momentum.

Business leaders are taking notice of the growing union movement.

In a Thursday note, a UBS research team led by Lloyd Walmsley broke down the state of the labor market and what might come next, calling it “an environment that has not been seen for decades.”

While UBS says it’s “too early to declare pro unionization a trend,” the note follows high-profile wins at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, and at least four Starbucks locations where workers are unanimously winning votes to unionize.

In 2021, union membership was still low — but pro-union sentiment was at highs unseen since 1965, per Gallup polling. UBS listed three reasons for this new labor environment. 

The first is a short supply of labor. While economic recovery from the pandemic slump has been robust, the country is still 1.6 million jobs below February 2020 levels, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some workers may just never come back, or wait on the sidelines until conditions are right for them. 

There’s also, as UBS notes, a pro-union administration running the country. President Joe Biden has said that he intends “to be the most pro-union President leading the most pro-union administration in American history.” Already, the Biden administration has created a task force to bolster union membership and organizing, and Biden has spoken out in support of organizing workers. 

UBS also notes a “post-COVID” willingness by workers to simply just walk out and leave their jobs — “emboldening workers who are less concerned with losing their jobs.” Indeed, over 4 million workers have quit every month for nine months straight.

Of course, as UBS notes, there are still constraints on unions — and a potential dent in business is still far off. 

“Unions lack the resources and infrastructure to fight back against” large companies, UBS writes. As Axios reported on Thursday, some advocates worry that “Big Labor” — longstanding labor groups that are at the forefront of policy — aren’t rising to the current swelling moment.

Companies “may drag out negotiations until workers become unhappy with the lack of progress.” They said that that’s a strategy Starbucks may employee, and that 5 to 10 times more stores would have to unionize for a “critical mass in direct negotiating power.” Even so, there’s “momentum” in the organizing drive.

Amazon would need over 100 fulfillment centers to unionize before they see a “dent,” although UBS “does not believe that this will be the last fulfillment center to unionize.”

The Amazon Labor Union has said over 100 warehouses across the country “have contacted Amazon Labor Union ready to unionize their sites.”

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