Recent polling suggests a lot more Americans approve of unions today than 10 years ago. But new federal estimates show that approval hasn't necessarily translated to large gains in membership especially in Indiana.

Workers at a northern Indiana Starbucks store plan to vote to unionize, according to an announcement Tuesday. If successful, the Valparaiso store will become the second union location in Indiana.

Organized labor has a big wishlist for Indiana's legislative session. With Republicans in control of the Statehouse, unions say they have to put aside some loftier goals and play "defense."

After three weeks on strike, about 190 union employees at a northern Indiana packaging manufacturer are considering a new contract this week. A Teamsters official confirmed the workers will vote on it once a date and venue for the vote is chosen.

Just under 200 workers have been on strike for about two weeks at the MonoSol plant in LaPorte after a renegotiated 4-year contract was voted down by a majority of union workers in late November.

Some 30 Purdue graduate workers and faculty rallied Wednesday to show support for Indiana University graduate workers' efforts to have their union recognized by IU.

United Auto Workers union members who went on strike Saturday at a Stellantis casting plant in Indiana are returning to work after ratifying a deal with the company.

Indiana is home to three minor league baseball teams directly affiliated with the major leagues. On Tuesday, the Major League Baseball Players Association officially asked the MLB to voluntarily recognize a minor league players union.

The union is asking for an updated pay scale, yearly cost of living raises, more protections for workplace health and safety, a better severance package and practices for diversity in hiring and retention, among other things.

National Labor Relations Board Seattle regional office officials allege the company withheld benefits from the Clarksville store and 261 other locations that had voted to unionize or were considering it across the country.