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Apr 25 2024
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Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing It could have been the first unionized Amazon warehouse in America. Now, three years later, workers are waiting to learn whether they'll get a third shot at a union election. A sweeping, monthslong hearing begins on Thursday to decide the fate of the unionization campaign at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Alabama. An
NPR Fact CheckApr 18 2024
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Louisiana Panel Repeals Lunch Breaks For Child Workers
Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backed push to roll back regulations on companies and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers. The House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations advanced the child labor bill, House Bill 156, along
JoeMyGodApr 18 2024
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Volkswagen Chattanooga workers consider voting in UAW this week
Volkswagen Chattanooga workers consider voting in UAW this week From left, Volkswagen Chattanooga assembly team member Isaac Meadows, 40, talks with body shop team member Angel Gomez, 40, at a community gathering in support of the UAW effort, at IBEW Local 175 in Chattanooga, TN, April 14, 2024. The Detroit News/Robin Buckson Robin Buckson, The Detroit News Signage in favor of the UAW is
Detroit NewsApr 24 2024
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Biden regulator bans one thing with massive implications for millions of workers
Regulators argue that banning noncompetes will promote competition by giving workers greater ability to switch jobs, increasing innovation and leading to more businesses being created, according to an announcement from the FTC. The FTC estimates that around 18% of U.S. workers, or 30 million people, are covered under a noncompete, with the new rule applying to anyone not in a senior executive
WNDApr 23 2024
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Labor complaint reveals allegations of Boeing retaliation against two workers
A union representing Boeing engineers has alleged the plane maker retaliated against two employees who, at the time, were working on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide manufacturing oversight. The allegations came to light in recent days after the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations
CNN (Online News)Apr 17 2024
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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government
Dozens of Google employees began occupying company offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, on Tuesday in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services to the Israeli government.
The sit-in, organized by the activist group No Tech for Apartheid, is happening at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale and the 10th floor commons
WiredApr 17 2024
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Google Workers Arrested for Protesting Israeli Military Contract
In a video posted on social media, police could be seen entering a room and removing peaceful protesters Tuesday, with one knocking over the camera being used to record the scene. "The arrest of its own workers who participated in a historic, coast-to-coast 10 hour sit-in at the company’s headquarters," read a caption accompanying the video posted by the No Tech for Genocide campaign who
Newsmax (News)Apr 23 2024
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'Everyone's Afraid': Ukraine Power Plant Workers Fear Fresh Strikes
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Barron'sApr 22 2024
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'We are the heart of Sacred Heart': Providence technical workers are now on strike
Bobbie Stock, a respiratory therapist at Providence Sacred Heart, chants while ringing a cowbell as she walks the picket line with fellow medical technicians. “We need respect for the jobs we do in the hospital, and we need everyone to know we are proud of what we do,” Stock said. The hospital’s 500 technical workers walked out and began picketing their employer at 2 p.m. Monday, April 22,
Spokesman ReviewApr 25 2024
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Union with little inroads at banks tries to organize Wells Fargo workers in Charlotte
On a recent Friday, more than 20 labor activists stood outside Wells Fargo operations in uptown and the university area of Charlotte, passing out flyers to employees about their right to form a union — a move sure to displease the bank bosses. One picture on the flyer showed a group of smiling workers in Apex, the first North Carolina bank branch to join Wells Fargo Workers United, a National
Charlotte Observer