Amazon is back at it again, apparently. It seems the company can’t help itself from retaliating against pro-union workers. With the historic union victory at a Staten Island warehouse last month, the company is probably going after pro-union workers with a greater vigor. Vice reports on the latest development: “Last week, Amazon transferred Ashley Mercer,…
Employers are crying “labor shortage.” But their dismal pay, per a new study, shows that they pay most workers a poor wage. Heck, even $15 an hour isn’t enough in most places nowadays with inflation and the surge in housing/rental prices. The Guardian reports: “Some of the largest, most profitable companies in retail and food…
Trader Joe’s workers in Hadley, Massachusetts have announced their intent to unionize. With the growing popularity of unions among retail and food workers – over 60 Starbucks locations are unionized, for example – a union at Trader Joe’s makes sense now more than ever. Cost of living increases, inflation, a housing crisis, and corporate consolidation…
Starbucks workers won their first union in Michigan with an overwhelming vote at a Grand Rapids location. Michigan Live reports: “A Grand Rapids Starbucks is the first store to unionize in Michigan after a majority of employees voted in favor of its formation. The National Labor Relations Board tallied the 15 to 3 vote for…
Amazon’s obscene executive pay – made even more obscene when considering how poorly its workers are paid and treated – is getting serious scrutiny. Advisory firms are making it clear to company shareholders that they should torpedo the $214 million CEO salary. Bloomberg reports: “Amazon.com Inc. shareholders should vote to reject the pay packages of Chief…
The AFL-CIO has a clear message for President Joe Biden: cancel student debt now. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the student loan crisis: We call on the Biden administration to do its part to assist borrowers hampered by crippling debt. Organized labor was built on the foundation of creating a pathway…
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering taking action to better protect workers against wage theft. The New Jersey Monitor reports: “U.S. House lawmakers questioned several labor experts Wednesday before a House Education and Labor panel about how a new bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 would protect workers from wage theft.…
Aides of the House of Representatives will finally have the same legal protections to unionize as workers outside of Capitol Hill. The New York Times reports: “The House voted on Tuesday to grant its aides the legal protections to form a union, the most significant step in more than a quarter-century to ensure that the chamber’s staff…
California officially has its first union Starbucks. Two of them, actually. The two Santa Cruz stores voted overwhelmingly in favor of the union. The NLRB posted that the store at 745 Ocean Street voted 13 to 1 in favor of the union. And the location at 1909 Mission Street voted 15 to 2 to unionize.…
Elon Musk, whose has benefited to the tune of billions from American taxpayers, had some harsh words for workers in the U.S. He apparently prefers Chinese workers because they will unquestionably devote their waking hours to making him profit. But Americans, with their pesky labor laws that guarantee them a 40 hour workweek, are seen…
