Page 27 - Warehouse Workers News Today

Amazon workers in multiple countries went on strike for Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, to protest the e-commerce giant’s labor practices. The strike is organized by the UNI Global Union, which represents workers around the world and said it has mobilized workers from more than 30 countries, including Italy, Germany and…

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Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting.

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Portable dockboards are used to help prevent falls over gaps in the surface when forklifts, pallet jacks, carts and other equipment are moving between a trailer and the warehouse dock area.

Kaiser Permanente pharmacy workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington are striking for up to 3 weeks, and have approved a potential 4 week strike if an agreement is not reached.

In January, residents of Chicago's 37th Ward and a coalition of community groups gathered in the cold to protest outside a planned Amazon warehouse in the city's West Humboldt Park neighborhood. Demonstrators held signs demanding equality in hiring. They expressed frustration about being excluded from meetings on the project, and called for transparency from the local alderman and the ...

Serious injury rates at most Chicago-area Amazon warehouses are double the statewide average, data shows. Worker advocates want to make sure jobs at the West Side center don't carry the same risks of injury.

OSHA hasn’t “effectively addressed” elevated injury and illness rates in the warehousing industry, the Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General contends.

The five-year agreement negotiated in July averted the potential for the largest single strike against a company in US history.