Voting officially ends Monday for some 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who have been casting ballots by mail on whether to unionize. It’s going to take some time to count their votes. Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse. While we are awaiting the results, the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more
The House voted 225-206 Wednesday evening to pass a sweeping labor rights bill aimed at making it easier for workers to unionize and provide them increased collective bargaining rights in workplace disputes. Only one Democrat, conservative Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), voted against this bill. Five Republicans surprisingly voted for this pro-labor union organizing bill: Brian … Read more
Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person, acquired on the backs of warehouse workers working long hours under often grueling, unsafe labor conditions. (Don’t believe those “we’re all one big happy family” ads Amazon runs on TV). Workers in Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse – yes deep red Republican anti-union Alabama – are … Read more
Arizona Republicans are on the attack in 2020. We have heard anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, anti-voter, and anti-immigrant legislation so far, and now to round out the set– we have anti-union legislation. Today’s featured bad bill is HB2872 proposed by Majority Leader Warren Petersen. It is an anti-union model bill from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). … Read more
More than 1700 members from eight labor unions are on strike against ASARCO and Grupo Mexico. These workers haven’t had a raise in 10 years. Under ASARCO/Grupo Mexico’s best and final offer some workers still wouldn’t get a raise, while others will be shortchanged due to rising health insurance costs. The Pima Area Labor Federation … Read more