#Amazon settles with NLRB to give workers power to unionize

#Amazon settles with NLRB to give workers power to unionize

“#Amazon settles with NLRB to give workers power to unionize” Amazon, under pressure to improve worker rights, has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to freely organize — and without retaliation. According to the agreement, the online behemoth said it would reach out to its warehouse workers —…

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#Amazon worker told to ‘keep delivering’ during tornado: report

#Amazon worker told to ‘keep delivering’ during tornado: report

“#Amazon worker told to ‘keep delivering’ during tornado: report” An Illinois Amazon driver was threatened with termination if she stopped delivering packages during the deadly tornado that recently ripped through the state and killed six other workers at a distribution facility. The unidentified Amazon driver was told to “keep delivering” amid the wails of emergency…

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#How COVID shook up the labor market

#How COVID shook up the labor market

“#How COVID shook up the labor market” Ali Caravella’s last day of work as a human-resources executive was on July 31, 2020, when she ­resigned from a job she had once cherished. She closed her laptop in her home office in Connecticut at 4 p.m., having replied to every e-mail in her inbox, and was…

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#Fewer Americans quit their jobs in October

#Fewer Americans quit their jobs in October

“#Fewer Americans quit their jobs in October” The “Great Resignation” appears to be winding down. The number of American workers who quit their jobs stalled in October, with 205,000 fewer people handing in resignation letters compared to the month prior, according to the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey released on Wednesday. As…

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#Elon Musk’s Tesla sued for sexual harassment by employee

#Elon Musk’s Tesla sued for sexual harassment by employee

“#Elon Musk’s Tesla sued for sexual harassment by employee” A worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory has sued the Elon Musk-helmed company, accusing it of subjecting women to “nightmarish conditions of rampant sexual harassment.” Jessica Barraza, a 38-year-old mother of two, filed the suit Thursday in California Superior Court in Alameda County. She said she’s…

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#Record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September

#Record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September

“#Record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September” A record number of Americans quit their jobs in September as the so-called Great Resignation gained steam, the feds announced Friday. A whopping 4.43 million people handed in their resignation letters two months ago, the most on record dating back to December 2000 — and 164,000…

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#Southwest cancels more flights amid vaccine mandate announcement

#Southwest cancels more flights amid vaccine mandate announcement

“#Southwest cancels more flights amid vaccine mandate announcement” Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday after the airline was forced to ground nearly 2,000 flights over the weekend, blaming the issues on weather and staffing amid speculation that the debacle is tied to the company’s recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The world’s largest low-cost carrier canceled almost…

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#Uber to provide pension plans for UK drivers

#Uber to provide pension plans for UK drivers

“#Uber to provide pension plans for UK drivers” Uber said it would start rolling out its pension plan to all eligible drivers in the United Kingdom, months after the ride-hailing service granted workers’ rights to its drivers in the country. In March, Uber had reclassified its more than 70,000 drivers in Britain as workers following a Supreme…

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