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Early vote counts show Amazon warehouse workers not likely to unionize in Alabama Olivia Solon and Ezra Kaplan and Jacob Ward and April Glaser © Emaz Image: People in New York protest in support of Amazon workers in Alabama (Emaz / VIEW press / Corbis via Getty Images) Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, were voting overwhelmingly against forming a union Friday after a monthslong campaign in which labor had hoped to make inroads into the sprawling company. As vote-...

Google workers demand further action on workplace harassment from CEO FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a May 2019 conference in Mountain View.Jeff Chiu / Associated Press 2019Show MoreShow Less 2of2 Workers protest Google’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations at the companys Mountain View headquarters in November 2018.Noah Berger / Associated Press 2018Show MoreShow Less Hundreds of workers at Google parent Alphabet signed a letter Friday demanding the compan...

In a major win for Amazon, warehouse workers in Alabama vote not to unionize Olivia Solon and Ezra Kaplan and Jacob Ward and April Glaser © Provided by NBC News BESSEMER, Ala. — Amazon warehouse workers here voted overwhelmingly against forming a union Friday after a monthslong campaign in which labor had hoped to make inroads into the sprawling company. As of Friday morning, 1,798 employees voted against unionizing, compared to 738 in favor. If it had been approved, the uni...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: One of South Carolinas oldest and largest newspapers may soon become unionized.  An affiliate of the Communication Workers of America recently filed a petition seeking to unionize all non-supervisors who work at The State newspaper.  The Carolinas are the least unionized States in the nation, but they are certainly not immune to unionization efforts such as the one at The State as well as elsewhere.  The union seeks to represent ...

Park Record file photo Park City Mountain Resort ski patrollers will be getting a year-end bonus after all, joining the rest of their colleagues after agreeing Friday to reenter an employment contract in a short-term fix that sets terms for the rest of this ski season. The parties also agreed to continue negotiating for a longer-term solution, agreeing to bargain for a new, multi-year deal. The president of the union, Joe Naunchick, claimed PCMR owner Vail Resorts deliberately used the bonuses ...

State workgroup to recommend in-person office work policies State workgroup to recommend in-person office work policies State convenes Return-to-Office Workgroup of business, labor and public health leaders to make recommendations on returning to work safely March 15, 2021 As Michigan ramps up vaccine distribution, more employers and workers are preparing to return to in-person office work in some form. To support this process, the State has established the new Return-to-Office Workgroup consis...

Michigan considers whether company vaccination rates should trigger office reopenings Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 Cubicles at Brown and Brown of Detroit in Sterling Heights have sat empty for nearly a year, due to the company starting a work-from-home initiative in March 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Facebook Share Michigan’s emergency rules banning office work – except when remote work isn’t “feasible” – will likely be extended six months to October, state lea...

State agency sets up panel to study reopening office buildings Gentex Corp. The Zeeland headquarters of Gentex Corp. remains empty as employees for the automotive and aerospace industry supplier continue working from home because of the Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administrations prohibition on in-person office work if it can be feasibly done from home. Gov. Gretchen Whitmers administration has formed a workgroup of government, business and labor leaders to make recommendations for al...

ATLANTA (AP) — Emails obtained by a campus workers group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers and cut back on maintenance over the summer, raising questions about whether the company was violating its contract with the University System of Georgia at the same time it was complaining of financial stress. The United Campus Workers of Georgia, a union that seeks to represent employees on all 26 public campuses in Georgia, says the s...

Emails show Georgia dorm contractor cut maintenance By JEFF AMYMarch 12, 2021 GMT ATLANTA (AP) — Emails obtained by a campus workers’ group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers and cut back on maintenance over the summer, raising questions about whether the company was violating its contract with the University System of Georgia at the same time it was complaining of financial stress. The United Campus Workers of Georgia, a uni...