Union busting

Amazon Workers Should Get Do-Over on Union Vote According to NLRB Official: Report

Amazon workers in Alabama voted against unionization in April.

Commerce Matt Novak Aug 3

New York Times Tech Workers Say Publisher’s Union Busting Is Out of Control

The Guild alleges that the Times's tactics weren't only shitty—but illegal.

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Jun 9

Biden’s NLRB to Google: Not So Fast on the Union Busting, Bub

Google maintains it is “very confident” it will face no consequences for firing three workers involved in unionization efforts, despite the acting top counsel of the National Labor Relations Board’s opinion that the tech giant may have violated labor law. In late 2019, Google fired five different staffers known for workplace activism on issues like…

Tech News Tom McKay May 6

Union Moves for Results of Amazon Vote in Alabama to Be Invalidated

A litany of allegations about Amazon’s anti-union offensive today comes from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). After Amazon workers in Bessemer chose not to unionize by a 1,798 to 738 vote, the RWDSU has accused the company of offering workers an impossible choice: reject the union or lose their job. If the…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Apr 19

It Doesn’t Need to Be This Hard

A few people have asked me when we’re going to hear the results of the Bessemer, Alabama union election. The short answer is maybe next week. The long answer, factoring in appeals and litigation, is maybe months. In a more soapbox-y sense, the effects could unfold over years. This is a landmark moment, catalyzed in…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Apr 2

Inspired by Alabama Coworkers, Amazon Employees Nationwide Begin Union Talks: Report

A slew of Amazon workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver, and Southern California are looking into unionizing, emboldened by their Alabama coworkers’ high-profile union campaign, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amazon workers have been fighting to organize for years, citing backbreaking workloads, unsafe conditions amid the global covid-19 pandemic, dystopian workplace surveillance, and Amazon’s history of…

Commerce Alyse Stanley Mar 19

Why the PRO Act Is Part of a Green New Deal

On Tuesday night, the U.S. House passed an essential piece of climate policy. But the legislation makes no mention of greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, or extreme weather. Instead, it’s all about labor protections. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, known as the PRO Act, is the most comprehensive piece of labor legislation…

Earther Dharna Noor Mar 10

Biden Warns Amazon to Stop Intimidating Warehouse Workers Ahead of Union Vote

Joe Biden has effectively endorsed ongoing unionization efforts at an Amazon facility in the state of Alabama and warned the e-commerce giant that its efforts to shut down the drive must involve “no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda.” Workers for Amazon have long complained of everything from grueling hours and quotas in…

Commerce Tom McKay Mar 1

Finally Something Amazon Can Be Proud Of: A Unionization Vote

At long last, Amazon has a unionization vote on its hands, the first and only since 2014. Today, 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers have been sent mail-in ballots and can begin voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If they vote in favor, RWDSU will be the first union to…

Commerce Whitney Kimball Feb 8

Dozens of Samsung Execs Charged with Union Sabotage: Report

Despite having a domestic workforce of around 200,000 employees, fewer than 300 Samsung employees are part of a union, which seems a little curious. So South Korean regulators decided to dig a little deeper, and after a five-month investigation spurred by officials from South Korea’s Justice party, prosecutors have reportedly slapped Lee Sang-hoon, the chairman…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Sep 27

Twinkies Return July 15, Minus Unionized Twinkie Bakers

The repulsive concoction of chemicals and corn syrup called “Twinkie” will return to stores on July 15, now that all the Hostess unionized workers have lost their jobs and a new non-union Hostess begins shipping the indigestible grease sops. http://gawker.com/5990555/who-should-be-the-new-face-of-twinkies

Sploid Ken Layne Jun 24

Amazon Workers Should Get Do-Over on Union Vote According to NLRB Official: Report

New York Times Tech Workers Say Publisher’s Union Busting Is Out of Control

Biden’s NLRB to Google: Not So Fast on the Union Busting, Bub

Union Moves for Results of Amazon Vote in Alabama to Be Invalidated

It Doesn’t Need to Be This Hard

Inspired by Alabama Coworkers, Amazon Employees Nationwide Begin Union Talks: Report

Why the PRO Act Is Part of a Green New Deal

Biden Warns Amazon to Stop Intimidating Warehouse Workers Ahead of Union Vote

Finally Something Amazon Can Be Proud Of: A Unionization Vote

Dozens of Samsung Execs Charged with Union Sabotage: Report

Twinkies Return July 15, Minus Unionized Twinkie Bakers

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