#Amazon bid to scrap historic NYC union win blocked

#Amazon bid to scrap historic NYC union win blocked

“Amazon bid to scrap historic NYC union win blocked” A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a historic union win at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York, handing victory to organizers in what could be a very long battle for recognition. Thursday’s win is a relief for the…

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#Amazon workers at Albany warehouse seek to unionize

#Amazon workers at Albany warehouse seek to unionize

“Amazon workers at Albany warehouse seek to unionize” Workers at an Amazon warehouse near Albany, NY, are seeking to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board said in a statement on Tuesday. The Amazon Labor Union — the same independent group that organized a historic union win at another warehouse on New York’s Staten Island in April — petitioned the…

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#Apple workers at Maryland store vote 2-1 to unionize

#Apple workers at Maryland store vote 2-1 to unionize

“Apple workers at Maryland store vote 2-1 to unionize” TOWSON, Md. — More than 100 employees of an Apple store in a suburb of Baltimore voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, joining a growing US push across tech, retail and service industries to organize for greater workplace protections, a union said. The…

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#Labor talks at West Coast ports hit snag amid automation issues

#Labor talks at West Coast ports hit snag amid automation issues

“Labor talks at West Coast ports hit snag amid automation issues” Labor negotiations between dock workers and the West Coast port operators have hit a snag, with experts speculating that clashes over automation are partly to blame. Despite meeting with President Biden on Friday, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union – representing some 22,000 dockworkers…

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