The NewsGuild of New York has filed a complaint with the NLRB, accusing the Times of violating federal labor law by adding new paid holidays — but only for non-union employees.
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Young Starbucks Baristas Are Flexing Their Collective Power In Recent Fights To Unionize Across The US
“I do think, right now, this is the canary in the coal mine for the union and for the industry,” a research analyst from MKM Partners warned.
Starbucks Workers Win Election To Unionize — “A Major Moment In US Labor History”
Tactics included “imposing” management brought in to work alongside employees, mandatory union-busting meetings, and “Holocaust” laced talks by former CEO Howard Shultz.
Alabama Amazon Workers Get Another Shot At Unionizing — NLRB Says Company Broke Labor Law
“If Amazon is trying to eat the world, it’s also bringing many disparate sets of workers and activists and communities together to fight against them,” a Jacobin staff writer pointed out.
Home Depot Threatened Employees For Their Support Of Black Lives Matter: NLRB Complaint
An unspecified Home Depot spokesperson claims in an email that the NLRB complaint “misrepresents” what had actually happened.
Amazon “Unlawfully Retaliated” Against Pair Of Vocal Employees Who Were Silenced And Fired
“It’s clear that Amazon has been violating the law when it tries to silence workers who speak out.”
Judge Rules Elon Musk Illegally Threatened Workers With Loss Of Stock Options In Tweet
In May 2018, Mr. Musk posted his tweet, which included the clause, “why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?”
Amazon Retaliated Against Covid-19 “Safety Strike” Workers In Chicago, NLRB Finds
Johnson ultimately contracted Covid-19 in mid-April, before Amazon agreed to provide PPE to workers at the warehouse.
Meghan McCain’s Right-Wing Publisher Husband Unlawfully Threatened Staff Against Unionizing
“In addition, the reference to sending that employee ‘back to the salt mine’ reasonably implied that the response would be adverse.”
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