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Megan Varner/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Andy Levin co-sponsored the PRO Act, which would give workers more power on the job. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act passed the House and faces steep odds in the Senate. Levin said supporting the bill would show companies are invested in workers and communities. One by one, officials from the National Labor Relations Board last week read out the results of thousands of ballots cast by Amazon employees in Bess...

© Getty Images Perhaps nothing better demonstrates left wing activists and politicians’ growing disconnect with working Americans than their paternalistic view that employees want and need unions to represent them in the workplace. This perspective was undermined once again last week by Amazon warehouse employees in Alabama who overwhelmingly voted against organizing under the Retail Workers and Department Store Union. The more than 5,800 workers there were subject to a barrage of pro-union ...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Female union leaders note that labor law reform is a civil rights issue April 14, 2021 10:00 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler discusses how the PRO Act will help working women. She is joined by Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation President Chelsi...

The entire country has just seen the lengths corporations will go to prevent workers from unionizing

US unions not fazed by Amazon setback and vow to keep up the organizing fight Michael Sainato © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The coronavirus has spurred worker organizing efforts around the United States, as the spread of the virus created a sense of urgency in improving working conditions, safety protections and job security. That has meant a surge in support for unions in America, and has given the national labor movement a powerful...

Nearly a week after Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, cast their ballots to determine whether or not to form a union, a final tally shows workers lost their campaign by a more than two to one margin. The results are being contested by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which claims Amazon coerced and intimidated workers with their belligerent anti-union campaign. Even if the results are thrown out and another election...

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is supporting an investigation into the company's efforts to stop the union drive.

Amazon’s win in Alabama is latest victory in power struggle between tech giants, workers Author: Nitasha Tiku, Eli Rosenberg, Jay Greene, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post Updated: 1 hour ago Published 1 hour ago Share on Facebook Print article Amazon’s defeat of a union organizing effort in Alabama on Friday was the latest setback for workers who have been clamoring to assert more control over the technology companies that depend on them - one that showed how Silicon Valley giants...

Amazon's defeat of a union organising effort in Alabama is the latest setback for workers who have been aiming to assert more control over the companies that depend on them.