#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize

#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize

“#Three New Jersey daily newspapers vote to unionize” Journalists at the Bergen Record and two other New Jersey dailies owned by Gannett — the Daily Record in Morris County and the New Jersey Herald in Newton — voted overwhelmingly to unionize. The News Guild of New York said Friday the vote was 59-4 in favor…

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#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory

#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory

“#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory” Germany’s largest and most powerful union IG Metall has set its sights firmly on setting up a works council at Tesla’s factory near Berlin, which is scheduled to open later this year, its head Joerg Hofmann said. The US electric-car maker is hiring for the site in Gruenheide, whose…

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#Teamsters endorse Scott Stringer for mayor, reject allegations

#Teamsters endorse Scott Stringer for mayor, reject allegations

“#Teamsters endorse Scott Stringer for mayor, reject allegations” Embattled mayoral candidate and city Comptroller Scott Stringer won the endorsement of Teamsters Local 237 on Monday after its leader dismissed his accuser’s sexual misconduct claims. “I don’t believe her story. I really don’t,” Teamsters Local 237 president Gregory Floyd told The Post, referring to ex-Stringer campaign…

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#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned

#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned

“#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned” Amazon’s landmark victory over a closely watched effort to unionize a warehouse in Alabama could be overturned amid accusations that the e-tailing giant used illegal intimidation tactics to sway employee votes, according to a US regulator. All but one of 23 objections filed by a labor…

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#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps

#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps

“#Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps” The fourteen papers that have unionized newsrooms at Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, are suffering from serious gender and racial pay gaps, according to an explosive study released Tuesday by News Guild-CWA. The News Guild–CWA said that white men at Gannett earn $15,700 more than…

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#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union

#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union

“#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union” Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics that prevented a “free and fair” vote over whether to unionize an Alabama warehouse earlier this month, according to the labor union leading the campaign. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant, which on April 9 won the closely watched, hotly contested vote in…

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