Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will bring the high-stakes labor battle against Amazon to Washington on Wednesday, when a union-supporting worker will testify before the Senate Budget Committee. The hearing, which will focus on […]
Post-production employees of Vice Media, Inc. have overwhelmingly ratified a Motion Picture Editors Guild union contract. The agreement addresses employee’s concerns over pay and job security, and also breaks new ground on the topic of gender and use of pronouns. […]
If the Alabama effort succeeds, it could set off a chain reaction across Amazon’s operations nationwide, with thousands more workers demanding better working conditions and seeking collective bargaining. It also would be seen as a boon to […]
As lead organizer in the potentially historic effort to unionize 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, Josh Brewer heads a small army of organizers for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Brewer recognizes that it’s […]
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 […]
By the end of the year, Amazon had broken $100 billion in sales in a single quarter, raking in $125.6 billion by December’s end. Employees at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse facility are currently in the process of voting to join the Retail […]
President Biden on Sunday did something unusual for a president, Democratic or Republican: He explicitly endorsed the right of workers to organize into unions. The prompt for the message released by the White House was an organizing […]
Workers unionizing with the Retail Workers and Wholesale Distribution Union at an Amazon distribution center in Bessemer, Alabama, have been met with a range of tactics to dissuade them from voting for a union, including frequent […]
San Francisco resident and famed Hollywood actor Danny Glover will be in Alabama on Monday to support the unionization drive at Amazon’s Bessemer facility. Glover will be the guest of the New York City-based Retail, Wholesale and […]
“Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize,” writes Erika Hayasaki in The New York Times Magazine. “Covid proved to be a breaking point. […]
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