Players associations representing members of the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL came out Tuesday in support of Protect the Right to Organize Act, a sweeping pro-union bill. The groups said in a joint statement that professional sports unions have […]
A new California law directing employers to provide benefits to more workers applies to truck drivers, a federal court ruled Wednesday as it overturned a previous decision that had allowed them to operate as independent contractors. […]
On Wednesday Reuters quoted the National Labor Relations Board as saying that evidence submitted by a retail union over Amazon’s alleged conduct at the union election in Alabama “could be grounds for overturning the vote.” […]
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh weighed in on the debate over classification of gig workers for the first time Thursday, saying that “in a lot of cases” they should be full employees rather than independent contractors. “We are looking at […]
Senator Patty Murray (Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Virginia) have introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which restores the right of workers to freely and fairly form a union and bargain together for changes […]
Passed by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in March and supported by President Joe Biden, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act would dramatically reform labor law in the United States. Among other measures, it would […]
Ai-jen Poo, co-founder of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, was facing a quandary: She was making little headway getting the New York state legislature to enact a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. It was 2008, and the bill of rights, which called for overtime pay, one day off a week, and protections […]
With its mandatory meetings and constant messaging, Amazon used its advantages to run a more successful campaign than the union, said Alex Colvin, dean of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. […]
The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, which attempted to organize the nearly 6,000 Bessemer workers, said Friday that it is formally filing unfair labor practice charges against Amazon, accusing the corporate giant of “lies […]
Amazon workers at a giant warehouse in Alabama voted decisively against forming a union on Friday, squashing the most significant labor drive in the internet giant’s history. Workers cast 1,798 votes against a union, giving Amazon […]
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