January 28th 2022
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The Regional Director of Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board issued a notice on Tuesday setting a date for the rerun union election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. According to the notice, the election will begin on February 4, when the...
Yesterday, the NLRB officially ordered a rerun election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) lost an initial election last spring but filed election objections with the Board; after a multi-day...
On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law A.B. 701, a bill which outlaws employer-mandated production quotas for employees that prevent workers from using the bathroom, taking state-mandated breaks, or staying safe at warehouse distribution...
A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has recommended that a new union election be granted at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The recommendation was issued due to alleged voter intimidation tactics used by Amazon, particularly its installation...
The mailbox outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama – which has become the fulcrum of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) NLRB challenge to its election loss at the warehouse – was a top priority for the Amazon executive in charge...
We begin today with a familiar face in an unfamiliar place; Sara Nelson was profiled by Fast Company for the business magazine’s cover story. Nelson – president of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) – was lauded as “workers’ great hope” who is “poised to...
The number of initial state unemployment claims decreased by 13,000 last week, resulting in a weekly adjusted total of 553,000 claims. While “signal[ing] an improving labor market and an improving economy,” these numbers don’t reveal the full picture. As the New...
On Saturday, nearly 3,000 Volvo workers went on strike in Dublin, Virginia, one of the largest of 2021 so far. The Volvo plant in Dublin is one of the largest Volvo facilities in the world, with more than 3,300 workers, 2,900 of whom belong to UAW. The strike is in...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) unveiled a draft proposal for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) program. Among other things, the proposed bill would require states to offer a minimum 26 weeks...
As Zachary noted yesterday, voting has begun in Bessemer. Over Zoom, with representatives from Amazon and the RWDSU watching, the NLRB is counting ballots from workers in Amazon’s warehouse to see whether they have decided to unionize. Dave Jamieson at the...
This Monday will mark the final day for ballots to be received by the National Labor Relations Board to be counted in the union election taking place at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama. While the nearly two months of voting is finally coming to an end, the...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, a challenge to a California regulation that allows union organizers to access the property of agriculture businesses to speak with workers during non-work hours on up to 120 days per...