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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. PRO Act, biggest labor law reform in decades, headed for House vote March 5, 2021 10:52 AM CDT By PAI Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speaks during a news conference about the PRO Act at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 5, ...

Labor's effort to unionize 5,800 Amazon workers in Alabama has echoes of Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for striking sanitation workers in Memphis.

Labor's effort to unionize 5,800 Amazon workers in Alabama has echoes of Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for striking sanitation workers in Memphis.

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. Biden just proved to workers that he’s got our backs March 2, 2021 1:09 PM CDT By Berry Craig Joe Biden, then the Democratic presidential candidate, meets with union leaders outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 7, 2020. | Carolyn Kaster / AP Going on 86 years...

After weeks of private talks, President Joe Biden has endorsed the right of workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama to unionize. On Sunday, Biden showed solidarity with unions and workers in a video message, although he didn’t explicitly name Amazon in the short speech. “Unions put power in the…

Amazon employee sues the company, alleging racial discrimination and unequal pay An Amazon employee filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the tech giant of deliberately paying her and other Black employees less than their White counterparts, becoming the latest on a growing list of current and former Amazon workers to accuse the company of systemic racism. Amazon said it was investigating the allegations in the lawsuit. “Amazon works hard to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture, and t...

Biden just backed a union drive in Alabama but didnt mention Amazon. Heres why thats a good thing Salon 3/1/2021 Joe Biden | Amazon Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images In a video released on Sunday, President Joe Biden expressed solidarity with Amazon warehouse workers currently organizing to form a union in a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. "Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama and all across America are voting on whether to organize ...

Biden Praises Labor Unions Amid Historic Amazon Warehouse Worker Drive If successful, the Amazon workers organizing in Alabama would form the company’s first unionized warehouse. ByNatalie Daher Published on 3/1/2021 at 4:38 PM The Southern Workers Assembly organized a National Day of Solidarity with Amazon workers organizing a union in Bessemer, AL with the RWDSU. | YouTube/ Southern Workers Assembly The Southern Workers Assembly organized a National Day of Solidarity with Amazon workers org...

POLITICO Inside Joe Biden’s decision to dive into the Amazon union drive The quasi-endorsement was weeks in the making, spurring on by private talks with labor leaders and Democratic officials. President Joe Biden’s endorsement of the right of workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama to unionize was the culmination of weeks of private talks. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Updated: Link Copied Joe Biden’s endorsement of the right of workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama to unionize was...

Players from the National Football League were among the first to voice their support. Then came Stacey Abrams, the Democratic star who helped turn Georgia blue in the 2020 election. The actor Danny Glover traveled to Bessemer, Ala., for a news conference last week, where he invoked the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pro-union leanings in urging workers at Amazon’s warehouse there to organize. Tina Fey has weighed in, and so has Senator...