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Amazon Inc. up against fresh union trouble in 2021 Energized by protests at Amazons U.S. warehouses and a more labor-friendly administration assuming office, unions are campaigning at the worlds largest online retailer to see if its warehouse or grocery workers would like to join their ranks Reuters | December 23, 2020 | Updated 18:57 IST Amazon is Americas second-biggest private employer behind Walmart Inc In 2021, Amazon.com Inc is poised to face a renewed challenge from groups it has long c...

Amazon Inc. up against fresh union trouble in 2021 Energized by protests at Amazons U.S. warehouses and a more labor-friendly administration assuming office, unions are campaigning at the worlds largest online retailer to see if its warehouse or grocery workers would like to join their ranks Reuters | December 23, 2020 | Updated 18:57 IST Amazon is Americas second-biggest private employer behind Walmart Inc In 2021, Amazon.com Inc is poised to face a renewed challenge from groups it has long c...

Biden’s choice of Vilsack for USDA raises fears for small farmers For a nominee with extensive experience, the pushback against Tom Vilsack has been fierce By Alan Rappeport and Michael Corkery New York Times,Updated December 21, 2020, 5:59 p.m. Email to a Friend Tom Vilsack addressed an event in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 11, where President-elect Joe Biden nominated him to become secretary of agriculture. Democrats have struggled to win voters in rural America and critics say the return o...

The chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing company whose six New York lobbying firms include Albany’s best connected, wrote last week to governor Andrew M. Cuomo with an ask: priority for its drivers in the next round of coronavirus vaccinations. Days later, the president of New York’s largest transit union spoke about the same topic with the chairman of the state transit authority, a Cuomo appointee. Not to be outdone, the Hotel Trades Council, a hospitality labour group with an aggress...

Biden’s Choice of Vilsack for U.S.D.A. Raises Fears for Small Farmers Democrats have struggled to win voters in rural America, and critics say the return of Tom Vilsack, a former agriculture secretary, won’t help. Tom Vilsack is being tapped to reprise the role of agriculture secretary that he held for eight years in the Obama administration.Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times Published Dec. 21, 2020Updated Jan. 19, 2021 WASHINGTON — Soon after President-elect Joseph R. ...

‘Big Fight’ Breaks Out Over Which Interest Groups Get Vaccine First Companies, unions and industry trade associations are lobbying governments to include their workers in the next round of virus vaccines. Health care workers were among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The question is, who comes next?Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Dec. 20, 2020 The chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing company whose six New York lobbying firms include Albany’s best...

Letters from readers: Rutherford cares more about Trump than U.S. Letters from readers Rutherford cares more about Trump than U.S. As a Republican who has voted for John Rutherford, I am ashamed that he has proven to be a Trump cultist rather than an honorable member of Congress. Fortunately, we can correct this unfortunate situation in 2022. Joseph Browne, Jacksonville Beach  Rutherford should resign I am outraged that Congressman John Rutherford, along with over 120 of his colleagues, as we...

Jon Campbell New York State Team ALBANY – Eight words in state law could force the Clintons, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other members of New Yorks Democratic political elite to gather indoors in the middle of a global pandemic. Each states Electoral College delegation will meet Monday to formally elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the nations next president and vice president, fulfilling a constitutional duty even as incumbent Donald Trump continues his long-shot bid to overturn the election i...

the picture age and he never did. then he ended up in that could average mess but that is a beautiful thing. [laughter] annie and i are having fun and the reason i do these things? one reason, this wonderful guy right here. [applause] thank you for coming. stick around. oh my sakes. [applause] coming up next the history of the occupy wall street movement written by activists who were central in its creation. seven of the contributors to the book read selections from it and answer audie...