July 4th 2022
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This post is the third of an ongoing OnLabor feature that will update readers on union developments at Amazon. Here are the first and the second. As of Thursday evening — despite the $4.3 million that HuffPost reported the company spent on...
Pro-union workers are optimistic about the new election underway at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, but they still face significant obstacles, the Guardian reports. Over 6,100 workers are eligible to vote and, because of the facility’s high turnover rate, nearly...
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...
The Joy Silk doctrine—which would raise the penalty for employers who commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a representation election, and thus provide a powerful deterrent—is poised for a comeback. The new NLRB General Counsel, Jennfier Abruzzo, has...
SEIU Local 888 has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations against the city of Boston for not seeking the union's input nor bargaining over the city's COVID-19 reopening plan. The city has already faced criticism for being inflexible in...
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...
This morning, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) formally filed 23 objections to Amazon’s conduct during the organizing campaign at the company’s Bessemer, AL plant. Among the union’s objections are accusations that the company...
The most closely watched U.S. union election in years, perhaps decades, has resulted in a devastating defeat for organized labor as Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala. voted overwhelmingly against unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...
While we wait for results in Bessemer, Amazon’s labor practices continue to drive the news. Yesterday, Amazon issued an apology for their now-infamous March 24 tweet denying that Amazon workers are forced to pee in bottles because of insufficient bathroom breaks....
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...
Amazon workers are still voting in Bessemer – and have until the end of the month to cast their ballots – but the historic union campaign already appears to be a harbinger of future organizing efforts. The ripples of the union drive are being felt far beyond...