Posts tagged Black Lives Matter

    News Article ● Strike

    Amazon Fresh union in Seattle delivers demands, threatens strike

    March 4, 2022 // Workers at the local Amazon Fresh are demanding longer paid breaks, more flexible schedules, and wages starting at $25 an hour. They want chairs for cashiers, the right to wear Black Lives Matter pins, and the right to take home expired food.

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    Blog ● Unionization

    What the Amazon union do-over in Alabama means for the future of retail

    February 16, 2022 // U.S. consumers, especially younger ones, harbor new expectations about the workplace that businesses may not be able to ignore.

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    News Article ● Corruption Unions

    Day after Eric Garner’s death, new deputy mayor Phil Banks partied in L.A. with cop briber and crooked jails union boss

    January 17, 2022 // The chief of department and influential union leader were visiting their pal, Jona Rechnitz, who would later testify for federal prosecutors about a sprawling bribery scheme aimed at the highest levels of the NYPD and city power players.

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