Detroit Amazon workers are joining a wave of protests ignited by the company’s allegedly unsafe work environments. The Verge reports: “Amazon workers at a fulfillment center near Detroit, Michigan, plan to walk out over the company’s handling of COVID-19. Workers at the facility, called DTW1, say management failed to notify them of the first new…
As the world collectively tries to figure out how to combat the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, what do Fortune 500 companies have that the rest of us would-be do-gooders lack? Money? Power? Clout? All of the above? The San Francisco Employees Retirement System (SFERS) has issued a call to action urging the S&P 500 to make…
The battle against the coronavirus pandemic got some good news today from Ford and GE. Reuters reports: “Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will produce 50,000 ventilators over the next 100 days at a plant in Michigan in cooperation with General Electric’s healthcare unit, and can then build 30,000 per month as needed to…
Even with their shows closed down and many of them out of work, the wardrobe, costume and prop artists of IATSE have identified a critical need during the COVID-19 health crisis that they can help fill: masks. No, not the kinds of items you’d wear to a fancy ball or a Halloween party. We’re talking…
President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to compel General Motors to produce ventilators, rather than negotiate with the company. “Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to…
You may still be able to get a room at the famed Chateau Marmont, frequent sojourning spot for Hollywood’s celebs, but chances are the glitterati won’t be in abundant supply. And good luck finding any staff to handle your bags or bring you a drink. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has taken a devastating toll on…
Workers fighting against the deadly coronavirus pandemic got great news today. The SEIU-UHW explains in its press release: The Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) has located 39 million critically needed N95 masks and is connecting states, counties, health systems and individual hospitals to the supplier so they can purchase them…
Many cruise lines are fearing, and rightly so, that they won’t receive money from the bailout stimulus bill. CNBC reports: “Cruise lines are among the businesses that have suffered the most fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. And the major ones could get left out of the bailout fund included in the $2 trillion stimulus bill…
Even as we practice self-isolation and social distancing, the COVID-19 pandemic has also generated ways to bring us together to share comfort, resources and key information. Hundreds of people, both locally and from as far away as Honolulu, gathered via Zoom Thursday morning to attend “When The Paycheck Stops,” a webinar co-sponsored by the Los…
Lindsey Graham and other GOP senators are threatening to delay the conoranvirus relief bill. They’re not doing so because of the $500 billion slush fund for corporations. No, they love that part and all the other giveaways to corporate America. Their objection comes from the fact that unemployed workers might receive substantial unemployment benefits. Graham…
