Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge
The president promised to halt federal contracts to union busters — but the deal was just re-awarded to Amazon while the company was crushing a union drive.
Unionization Spreads Across Starbucks Outlets in US Despite Efforts to Intimidate Workers
According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote
‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in U.S.
A month after the National Labor Relations Board sued Amazon in federal court, warehouse workers in New York won their election to form the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Calls for Paid Leave Grow as Workers Face ‘Vicious Cycle’: Their Jobs or COVID Safety
Many workers who do not paid sick face the choice of staying home without pay and getting written up, or going to work while contagious.
2021 in Review: The Only Way Out is Through
While we celebrate this year’s strikes, we should be sober about how few they still were.
Whatever Happened to ‘Eight Hours for What You Will’?
This year's high-profile strikes and post-pandemic work conditions expose the long hours and circumstances that many workers face.
‘Inexcusable’: Amazon Under Fire After Warehouse Collapse Kills at Least Six
The death of six people and the injury of one after an Amazon warehouse's partial collapse is calling Amazon's worker safety into question.