Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
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Read More »April 1, 2022 Comments Off on Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
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Read More »March 16, 2022 Comments Off on Dozens of Amazon workers stage walkouts in MD, NY over pay, break times
More than 60 workers across three Amazon delivery stations staged a walkout to demand a $3 raise and a return to 20-minute breaks, according to a labor organizer.
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Read More »March 1, 2022 Comments Off on Biden’s Supreme Court choice defies expectations on labor cases
A look back at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's decisions in cases involving business and labor suggest that she won’t always rule as they want or expect her to.
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Read More »January 3, 2022 Comments Off on Trucking on: How truckers are battling historic labor shortage
Truck drivers are trucking through the COVID-19 pandemic despite a historic labor shortage.
Read More »November 15, 2021 Comments Off on Kaiser Permanente, unions reach labor deal to avert strike
An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in Maryland and seven other states called off a strike notice after reaching a tentative labor deal.
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Read More »September 30, 2021 Comments Off on College football players are employees, National Labor Relations Board memo asserts
College athletes who earn millions for their schools are employees, the National Labor Relations Board's top lawyer said in guidance released Wednesday.
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Read More »July 8, 2014 Comments Off on Will Hopkins labor contract influence other hospitals?
Union officials are hailing their tentative contract deal with Johns Hopkins Hospital as a victory for health care workers across Baltimore and the state.
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Read More »June 18, 2014 Comments Off on Hopkins workers plan second strike
Workers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital are preparing to launch a four-day strike next Friday, their second in three months.
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Read More »June 17, 2014 Comments Off on Another strike possible at Hopkins
The sparring between Johns Hopkins Hospital and the union that represents about 2,000 of its employees continues Tuesday, as the two parties return to the negotiating table and the workers weigh whether to launch another strike.
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Read More »June 3, 2014 Comments Off on UAW increases dues for first time in 47 years
Delegates to the United Auto Workers convention have voted to raise dues by 25 percent to shore up the union's finances, the first increase in 47 years.
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