Tag: Amazon
Amazon pressured Alabama workers to vote against unionization
NLRB official recommends new vote
A hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined that Amazon violated federal labor laws by encouraging...
OPINION: America needs to empower workers again
Unions aren’t obsolete, and we need to get them back
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Labor activists hoped that the unionization vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse would...
Amazon offering $2,000 ‘resignation bonuses’ to bust union drive in Alabama
With union election underway, workers told they can quit now, get a bonus, and re-apply after the union vote is over
By MIKE ELK
Payday Report
As...
OPINION: Amazon is fighting hard to stop warehouse workers from unionizing
By SONALI KOLHATKAR
Thousands of warehouse workers at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Ala., are at the center of a potentially game-changing union vote taking...
Amazon fires workers for attempting to organize over COVID-19 concerns
As the coronavirus pandemic puts a spotlight on working conditions inside Amazon warehouses, the company is firing workers for organizing over safety concerns. It’s...
UFCW calls out Amazon’s greed-driven pursuit of cashierless grocery stores
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) is speaking out against Amazon’s opening of a new cashierless grocery store in Seattle. The store uses...