unions
Top NLRB regional official orders re-run vote at Amazon warehouse in Alabama
November 30, 2021The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union gets a second crack at unionizing 6,000 workers in Bessemer, Alabama where Amazon is guilty of seven counts of labor law breaking.
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Postal unions take wait-and-see stand on new postal board nominees—and DeJoy’s fate
November 24, 2021DeJoy’s business model is to slow service, loosen on-time delivery standards, ban overtime, raise prices, and close and consolidate sorting centers, eliminating jobs.
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Unions weigh in for reproductive rights in key Mississippi case
November 23, 2021“If the court upholds the (Mississippi) abortion ban, people in large regions of the United States will be unable to access their constitutional right to abortion in their home state.”
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Insurgent O’Brien slate wins Teamsters vote
November 22, 2021An insurgent Teamsters United slate led by Boston Local 25 member Sean O’Brien swept to victory in the union’s one-member-one-vote presidential election.
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Nurses, mental health therapists and other Kaiser Permanente health workers strike to support stationary engineers
November 22, 2021Over 60,000 members of other unions representing Kaiser Permanente workers throughout northern California held solidarity strikes Nov. 17 and 18.
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