by Justin | Nov 25, 2020 | Amazon, Organizing
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama have filed a notice to hold a unionization vote, in what could be a major labor battle against a company that has long opposed the unionization of its workforce. Employees at a newly opened Amazon facility in Bessemer,...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Organizing, UAW Local 2110
A recent movement toward unionization by workers at media brands and cultural institutions continued today as staffers at Film at Lincoln Center voted 29 to 4 in favor of forming a guild. The union, part of the Technical, Office, and Professional Union Local 2110 UAW,...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Amazon, Organizing
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements. Read the...
by Justin | Nov 10, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is appointing a who’s who of senior Obama-era U.S. Labor Department officials to help it prepare for the transfer of power at labor-focused agencies. Read the article here.
by Justin | Nov 9, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, NLRB, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
Few legal arenas are more volatile than labor law. With the National Labor Relations Act remaining virtually unchanged by Congress since 1959 and the Supreme Court growing increasingly uninterested in interpreting it, the role of creating and changing labor policy...
by Justin | Nov 9, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Opinion, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
With Joe Biden winning the presidency, the Democratic Party needs to come through for working people by passing legislation to dramatically expand labor rights across the United States. Read the article here.
