Amazon workers rally outside Jeff Bezos’ home to demand change
Protesters marched in Los Angeles to push for higher pay, increased taxes on the rich and improved workplace safety.
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‘I don’t care to listen to him anymore’: Coal miners turn their backs on Trump over failed promises – Raw Story
In a deep dive by the New York Times into how coal miners have fared under Donald Trump, the president was blistered for making promises he didn’t keep as the industry continues to collapse and miner unemployment soars.
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Strike shuts down four Equinor fields in the North Sea – OGV Energy
The trade union Lederne has stepped up its strike on the Norwegian continental shelf from Sunday midnight. As a result of the escalation, Equinor has conducted a controlled closure of the fields Gudrun, Gina Krog, Kvitebjørn and Valemon.
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Labor Authority Abandons Decades of Precedent, Eviscerates Union Bargaining Rights
Across multiple decisions on Wednesday, the agency that governs federal sector labor law removed unions’ right to midterm bargaining and made it harder for unions to demand agencies bargain over changes to working conditions.
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Hoffa and Vairma Give Green Light to Corruption
In a critical test of whether our union leaders can root out corrupt officials who abuse their positions, a narrow majority on the IBT General Executive Board (GEB) voted 12-11 to give a pass to corrupt Teamster power broker Rome Aloise.
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TDU (Teamsters For a Democratic Union) is an organization made up of rank and file teamster members who’s goal is to rid corruption from the union’s leadership. TDU was largely responsible for Ex IBT President Ron Carey and almost all of his slates rise to power in 1991. They published this article about the failure of IBT President Jimmy Hoffa’s administration to hold Teamsters officials accountable for violating the union’s constitution. It doesn’t surprise me that even in this time of heighten attention of corruption by the UAW union’s top officials, the Teamsters are snubbing their noses at clear ethical violations within their ranks!
Unfriendly skies: Airline workers brace for mass layoffs
DETROIT (AP) — The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux. In a few days, he’ll be among roughly 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to evaporate in…
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Trump Is Waging War on the VA’s Union, and Workers Are Living in Fear
The biggest public sector union contract in the country could be a disaster without political intervention…
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Meatpackers deny workers benefits for COVID-19 deaths, illnesses
Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley, Colorado, the site of one of the earliest and deadliest coronavirus outbreaks at a U.S. meatpacking plant.
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Coronavirus: Do hotel workers deserve extra job security?
If AB 3216 passes, anyone who lost their jobs at hotels, airports and private clubs during this pandemic and any future ‘state of emergency’ can get their position back based on seniority — assuming their place of employment survives.
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