May 16th 2021
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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...
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....
The New York Times has documented the expansive reach and attention that the Amazon union drive in Bessemer has received across the country. The article first focuses on the prevalence of high-profile politicians and celebrities that have weighed in, including NFL...
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...
The long-running dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the city’s school district (CPS) may be nearing its end. On Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Union announced a tentative deal that would resume in-person learning in a series of staggered...
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s attempt to delay a unionization vote in its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. Amazon, in a formal request issued last month, asked the Board to postpone the vote to further consider the company’s proposal...
Senate Democrats voted yesterday to proceed with a Covid relief package without Republicans. After Biden promised that $2k checks would “go out the door” if Democrats won Georgia, stimulus checks and broader Covid relief have been delayed and decreased, as...
Pressure continued mounting on corporations to cut off financial support to lawmakers who participated in last week’s challenges to President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory. The Washington Post reports that three major corporate donors—Marriott, the...
All eyes are on the Georgia Senate run-off race. Democrat Raphael Warnock won his race against Republican Kelly Loeffler. The race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue remains close. The nationwide rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is...
Teachers unions have launched lawsuits across the country to secure remote learning as the pandemic rages on. Nearly all of the suit have failed, however, because courts consider the fight over school reopening to be too “political” for judicial intervention. Left...
In a potentially significant win for workers rights amid the pandemic, a social worker in Massachusetts got a court order barring their employer from forcing them to work in person. Gabriel Peeples, who uses they/them pronouns, sought to work from home as a...
The House Committee on Education and Labor issued a subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board for records about potential conflicts of interest, The Washington Post reports. The Committee is specifically concerned with conflicts involving William Emanuel, an...