Jacqueline Rayfield is a student at Harvard Law School.
In today’s News and Commentary, workers in Montreal organize the first Amazon warehouse union in Canada and Fordham Graduate Student Workers reach a tentative agreement with the university.
After months of rallying and recent contract negotiations, Fordham Graduate Student Workers union (FGSW-CWA Local 1104) reached a tentative agreement with university administration. This win comes after a 98 percent supermajority strike authorization vote from the union just two weeks ago. Top issues for members included stipends, health insurance subsidies, and high university fees which can cost up to 15% of workers’ pay.
Workers at a Montreal Amazon warehouse filed a request to be the first Amazon union in Canada. This request directs the Administrative Labor Tribunal to validate the workers’ signatures in order to create the union. Members would not be required to vote, but Amazon could still challenge the list of employees in the union. Workers themselves are convinced that most members of their workplace are in favor of the new union.
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May 5
Shawn Fain calls for general strike on May Day 2028; House Democrats call for tougher labor penalties on employers; UC graduate workers will vote on striking in response to protests crackdowns.
May 3
Trader Joe's must pay union for meritless lawsuit; union workers see record wage increase; Latino worker deaths surge.
May 2
Amazon CEO's statements found to have violated federal labor law, and workers across the globe took to the streets to demand more in honor of International Workers' Day.
May 1
Tenth Circuit upholds DOL Rule; fired Google employees file NLRB complaint; Trader Joe's union vote undecided
April 30
EEOC finalizes guidance on workplace harassment, hotel workers prepare for May Day rallies, and the Fight for $15 campaign rebrands as Fight for a Union.
April 29
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees enters the final stages of negotiations for its basic agreement; the Supreme Court appears likely to side with Starbucks in 10(j) injunctions case