strators rally in Union Square Park in support of Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama who are seeking to form a union. During the first six months of fiscal year 2022, union representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57%—up to 1,174 from 748 during the first half of 2021. (Photo: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock.com)

Amid high-profile unionization efforts across the country, labor and employment attorneys report seeing an influx of work and they are shifting resources to handle client inquiries. Employee labor activities are moving into the forefront among a few prominent examples in the news, such as workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island and workers at Starbucks stores voting to unionize.

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Jacob Polacheck

Jacob Polacheck covers law firms and business of law news in Atlanta and Georgia. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @JacobPolacheck

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