In California, it is legal for private sector workers to be forced to pay some union dues as a condition of maintaining employment, even if they decline formal union membership.
The strike has begun in 10 stores so far in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. But the number could increase to hundreds of locations by Christmas Eve next week.
Employees work at Bureau of Prisons, departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs
"Congress should reassert its constitutional authority and rescind its vast, unconstitutional delegation of power to independent agencies" like NLRB and SEC, watchdog says.
The union aims to organize more than 150,000 auto workers.
Schultz received pressure from Senator Bernie Sanders to testify about the company's "lack of compliance with labor laws."
The offer went to all federal employees except military personnel, those who work in national security and immigration, and postal workers.
The union has not endorsed a candidate in the upcoming presidential election so far.
More than $1.7 billion was spent by unions during the 2022 election cycle, some of it from the same type of "dark money" PAC's that are usually decried by left-leaning union leadership.
Thousands of autoworkers in Tennessee are expected to vote on Wednesday on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union, which led major strikes against automakers in Detroit last year.
