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Amazon workers vote against unionizing in blow to organized labor Christopher Wilson Amazon workers in Alabama voted down an attempt at unionizing in an effort that was closely followed as an example of how organized labor works in an increasingly digital and tech-focused economy. While vote counting will continue, the number of "no" votes among the 3,215 ballots cast has now signaled a loss for organizers. The Bessemer distribution center, located outside Birmingham, has roughly 5,800 employees who were eligible to vote on whether they wished to organize through the Retail, W...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The election of President Joe Biden, a longtime vocal supporter of organized labor, coupled with control of both chambers of Congress by the traditionally labor-friendly Democratic Party, is the prelude to changes on the labor law front, a number of which are potentially significant. The two major engines of this anticipated change will be the U.S. Congress, most especially the U.S. Senate, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Since the Senate must confirm any nominees that President Biden will name to fill vacancies at th...

President Biden promised to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” Following through on that might mean going it alone.

  Share Source: AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Biden fired Equal Employment Opportunity Commission general counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson on Friday after she declined to resign under pressure from the White House.  “At the time I was nominated, I was asked if I would commit to do my best to fulfill my four-year term, and I answered yes,” Gustafson said in a letter to Biden. “Unless prevented from doing so, I intend to honor that commitment. I have confidently given this advice to countless embattled clients of the last 25 years: hold your head high, do your best work, and do not resign...

From pension help to federal regulations, unions welcome the Biden Administration Comes as various labor battles continue across Capital Region FacebookTwitterEmail Unions are encouraged and pleased so far with how the Biden Administration is treating them.SAUL LOEB/Getty ROTTERDAM — Tom Baum and about 16,000 other retired Teamsters got some good news recently. The 29 percent pension cut they suffered three and a half years ago is being restored as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan designed to pull the nation’s economy out of the economic mess created by t...