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Labor News Update - 01/24/2023
It has been almost a year since workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York voted to start the company's first-ever labour union in the US - an historic labour victory that won global attention. But the fight remains unfinished.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64340884
An Amazon.com Inc. warehouse worker who helped lead a hotly contested union campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, said he was abruptly terminated without explanation.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-union-organizer-alabama-says-193326199.html
Employees, union reps rally during first day of Starbucks trial
Union ratifies contract with Ingredion, ending nearly six-month strike
‘I’m glad we stayed strong because we ended up with a lot better contract than the original,’ union worker says
Vox Media Union Calls Layoffs “Unconscionable”
The publisher behind Vox, The Verge and New York magazine laid off 7 percent of its workforce last Friday.
Video: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Morning Joe, discussing this year's BLS union density numbers, inflation & more. "Working people just want stability...[but] what we're seeing are corporations price gouging. This is about equity."
https://twitter.com/AFLCIO/status/1616456281589485569
Google employees went from in-office perks to being randomly laid off by email in what she described as a "really bad game of Russian roulette."
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