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All NYC COVID vaccine sites to allow walk-ins immediately: Mayor de Blasio Denis Slattery and Michael Gartland, New York Daily News © ANTHONY BEHAR/Sipa USA/TNS New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks before health care workers receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at NYC Health+ Hospitals/ Elmhurst, in the Queens borough of New York on Dec. 16, 2020. NEW YORK — The city will make it easier for residents to get COVID-19 vaccines by allowing walk-in appointments at ...

TechnologyAnalysis: Amazons win in union fight shows harsh realities facing labor movement Mike SpectorJeffrey Dastin 1/2 The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the companys office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo Read More Amazon.com Incs (AMZN.O) fierce resistance to unionization, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor dri...

New York pols hail Chauvin verdict — Morales distances herself from ex-employer — Senate sees appetite for ethics reforms Presented by Uber Driver Stories Peaceful marches across the city Tuesday night convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. New York elected officials The mass protests that swept the city after Floyd’s killing last year have had repercussions for New York. The state repealed the law that had long kept police disciplinary records secret, and those r...

BESSEMER, Ala. (PAI)—The battle over unionizing the big Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., continued as the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union announced last week that it would officially file labor law-breaking charges against the monster retailer and package firm, following RWDSU’s...

Assembly approves COVID-19 safety protocol bill PUBLISHED 5:16 AM ET Apr. 20, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:16 AM EDT Apr. 20, 2021 SHARE The Democratic-led Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would require businesses to have safety protocols in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Businesses will have to follow specific standards when it comes to providing personal protective equipment, social distancing and guaranteeing break times to employ...

Union Appeals Amazon Election Loss, Accuses Company of Violating Laws 20 Apr 2021 The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union has reportedly filed challenges over the unsuccessful union vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, alleging that the company violated legal restrictions. The  Wall Street Journal reports that the union behind the unsuccessful unionization vote at Amazon’s facility in Bessemer, Alabama, has filed challenges alleging that Amazon violated legal restr...

Left Voice on the RWDSU debacle at Amazon: A lawyers’ brief for union executives After a lengthy campaign, backed by President Biden and substantial sections of the political establishment and corporate media, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) received only 738 votes in favor, or less than 13 percent of the 5,800 workers at the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon warehouse. The humiliating rejection of the RWDSU by Amazon workers has produced a wave of rationalizations and apolog...

POLITICO Union asks NLRB to set aside Amazon election results Workers at the facility overwhelmingly voted against joining the union during a multiweek mail-in election that ended earlier this month. Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Ala. | Jay Reeves/AP Photo Updated: Link Copied The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has filed nearly two dozen objections over a recent election at an Amazon fulfill...

Union files objection to Amazon Bessemer vote, accuses company of ‘illegal activities’ Updated 9:32 AM; The Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union has filed an objection to the union vote at Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center, saying the National Labor Relations Board should set aside the results of the election. The RWDSU raised 23 objections to the election, which decisively went against unionization, with only about 12.5% of the eligible workers at the center voting to unionize ...

Union says Amazon threatened layoffs in formal objection to election results Workers at Amazon’s Bessmer, Alabama warehouse voted against unionizing Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has filed a formal objection to the results of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, alleging the e-commerce company threatened to lay off workers. The employees voted against unionizing in an April 9th vote, ...