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A potential downtown baseball stadium would be an economic boon, possibly creating 20 thousand jobs, according to Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman. An advocacy group wants to make sure workers’ voices are a part of that conversation.

Since contract negotiations failed with Wabtec, a train services company, the union has been picketing outside of the plant from 4:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. But as the holiday season approaches, striking workers are worried about how they’ll provide for their families.

Freight railroads could stop rolling at midnight Friday if negotiators don't stop a looming strike over working conditions. Congress could end a strike quickly, but a brief shutdown hurts the economy.

The complaint claims the Starbucks stores at 75th Street & I-35 in Overland Park and on the Country Club Plaza illegally terminated pro-union employees.

Starbucks workers at 75th Street in Overland Park held a vote Friday afternoon to unionize, citing better working conditions, and health care benefits.

Employees at a Starbucks on West 75th Street went on strike Saturday morning to protest what they say are unfair working conditions and alleged retaliation against workers trying to unionize. The store was closed most of the day.

John Deere workers walked off the job after the United Auto Workers union failed to negotiate a six-year contract with the tractor maker.

As employees in Topeka, Kansas, enter a new round of negotiations, they are calling for the public to resist the urge to indulge in Doritos and Cheetos until a new deal that includes less forced overtime is reached.