Worker Safety Issues at Amazon
…New Windsor NY, and Daytona FL. “For the second time in two weeks, the federal government has told Amazon it is violating federal law by failing to keep its workers…
…New Windsor NY, and Daytona FL. “For the second time in two weeks, the federal government has told Amazon it is violating federal law by failing to keep its workers…
…Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. The two-year contract also provides for improved job security by adding five heavy maintenance lines in-house. Read the full story in Teamster News, published…
New York, NY – Contracted cleaners, 32BJ members, demonstrated outside Twitter’s New York City headquarters in Manhattan on January 25th. Unionized janitors in NYC and San Francisco are facing economic hardship after…
…National Nurses United (NNU). Rallies and picketing took place in New York, Georgia, California, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and North Carolina. “On our national day of action, NNU members…
A new agreement between studios and entertainment unions has ushered in a new era for COVID testing for many workers in Hollywood. The unions, Directors Guild of America (DGA), Screen…
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that illegally fired workers should get more than just back pay. Rather than just getting back their lost wages, other costs associated with…
An AFL-CIO blog has linked the end of Roe v. Wade with the struggles of working people. Instead of a 50th anniversary celebration of the historic ruling, SCOTUS’ recent ruling…
…or other costs that are a direct or foreseeable result of unfair labor practices.” Read the full story by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World, published January 19, 2023, here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/illegally-fired-workers-could-win-more-dollars-via-nlrb-ruling/…
…Overall, the current unionization rate is well under half the rate of what it was about 40 years ago. Read the full story at Economic Policy News, published January 19,…
…harsh, unequal reality: The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers is more than three times the rate for white New Yorkers. Mayor Adams’ said that his Working People’s Agenda will…