I admit that at this point, I'm a bit skeptical that the Amazon Labor Union is going to amount to much. It was a huge win in that Staten Island facility, but in the meantime the ALU has become the Chris Smalls Traveling Road Show...
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A new era of union organizing means a new era of unionbusting and boy howdy does it look the same as the old era of unionbusting. Amazon has been using.
Richard Bensinger, left, who is advising unionization efforts, along with baristas Casey Moore, right, Brian Murray, second from left, and Jaz Brisack, second from right, discuss their efforts to unionize.
I have one point to make and one axe to grind and they are related. The point is that organized labor has had so few wins in recent decades that every time there is something that looks like a victory or even not a victory...
I have to say that I did not expect this: Current Vote Totals:1518 Yes1154 No 364 votes in ALU’s favor to wrap up today’s count. Counting will resume at 10am.
The votes are being counted at the Amazon facilities in Alabama and Staten Island to see if those workers want to form a union. I talked to a reporter a.
Another story I contributed to on the Amazon union vote in New York, this time at the Post. I was able to close the article with my usual happy uplifting self. On Friday, thousands of Amazon workers on Staten Island will have the chance to...
I was happy to contribute to this CNN piece about the independent union organization attempting to organize the Amazon facility in Staten Island and the challenges thereof. The face of.
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2021/02/20: Participants seen holding signs and marching on a picket line at the protest. Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from.
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2021/02/20: Participants seen holding signs and marching on a picket line at the protest. Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from Jeff Bezos-owned Whole Foods Market in Union Square South for a nation-wide solidarity event with...
It turned out that a union vote at an Amazon facility in Alabama was too tough for the union to win. There are many reasons for that--largely the state-employer alliance.
Amazon company towns are surely the solution to modern housing problems..... The campaign against economic inequality has put a bullseye on cities. Local governments are encouraged to raise minimum wages,.