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NLRB official says Amazon violated labor law in union vote, recommends new election, according to union An NLRB official found Amazon violated labor during its union election, according to the union. As a result, the official recommended that a new election should be held. An NLRB regional director will now make a formal decision about whether to hold a second election. The National Labor Relations Board official overseeing the union election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, recomm...

Amazon union election results should be scrapped over improprieties, NLRB officer recommends Jay Greene, The Washington Post Aug. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A sign at the entrance of Amazons Bessemer warehouse during a union campaign in early 2021 to organize its nearly 6,000 workers.Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson. SEATTLE - Amazon improperly pressured Alabama warehouse workers to vote against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and should hold a new unio...

Billionaires in space By Betsey Piette posted on July 26, 2021 Centibillionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and multibillionaire Virgin Group founder Richard Branson used the profits they extracted from their companies’ workforce to launch themselves on personal space rides in recent weeks. And centibillionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk is expected to follow.  One thing is clear: None of these billionaires did any of the work that got them into space. All the labor to build their capsules, ro...

A timeline of Cuomo’s fight for political survival A timeline of Cuomo’s fight for political survival It’s been a heck of a few months in state politics since a fateful Feb. 10 meeting between the governor’s aides and state lawmakers. Governor Cuomo on April 29. Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo The must-read daily newsletter for NYs political community. Get it in your inbox. Sign Up Now! Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands to bene...

Warrior Met Coal strike in Alabama reaches 100th day amid increased company violence Warrior Met Coal miners remain kept in the dark on negotiations by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) as their strike reached its 100th day on Friday amid intensified violence by Warrior Met Coal employees. A rash of vehicular assaults in June sent more than one picket to local hospitals. Miners have alleged that scabs have pulled guns on them as they enter and exit the mine. On July 8, a miner’s wife ...

One of America’s largest labor unions passed a resolution Thursday designed to aid Amazon. com Inc. workers in eventually achieving a union contract, a move aimed at putting further labor pressure on the e-commerce giant following a recent failed unionization effort in Alabama.

NEW YORK, June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, New York’s legislature and Governor Cuomo announced a historic deal to fix the state’s...

Labor advocates on Thursday responded with disdain and derision to news that Amazon and the National Safety Council are partnering to find "innovative solutions" to prevent the workplace injuries that disproportionately plague the retail giants warehouse employees."The root cause of this issue is A...

Christian Smalls is taking on the fiercely anti-union colossus , convinced that a union of only Amazon workers is the smartest way to rally Amazon employees

In her new book "Unraveled," Maxine Bédat draws a parallel between American Amazon warehouse workers and Bangladeshi garment workers.