April 14th 2021
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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...
As Jon covers in today's News and Commentary, Amazon has a "voluntary resignation program" through which it pays warehouse employees about $1000 to quit their jobs. According to reporting on the program, this is an annual "offer" that Amazon makes each February to...
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo, Special Counsel for Strategic Initiatives for the Communications Workers of America (CWA), to serve as the next General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Biden’s...
Karen Lewis, the visionary former leader of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), died yesterday at 67. She had been battling cancer since 2014. A high school chemistry teacher for 20 years, Lewis rose to power in the CTU by co-founding the CORE caucus which challenged...
Amazon employees are one step closer to unionizing for the first time. The National Labor Relations Board recently determined that the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has enough support among workers in Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse to...
In response to pressure from unions, community groups, and progressive lawmakers, Amazon backed out of a deal under which it would have received $3 billion in public subsidies to open a corporate campus in Queens. In a New York City Council meeting in late...
In December, we reported that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission established a pay formula for drivers of transportation network companies like Uber, Lyft, and Juno. The formula would set a minimum pay standard of $17.22 an hour after expenses. But...