Posts tagged New York Times
WH Labor Task Force Won’t Boost Most American Workers, Just Unionized Ones
February 16, 2022 // Labor activists often downplay their goals, suggesting few will be affected. But they would like to see all non-unionized workers, including independent contractors, universally unionized. Recently, Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien shared with Boston Magazine, “I’d like to see everything unionized, not just those companies. Look, I think we can all agree that over the years, the independent contractor model has skirted a lot of wage and hour laws, and basically circumvents unionization. I’d love to see every single industry represented by a union.”
Wirecutter Union Raises Over $42,000 for Workers Who Went on Strike
November 29, 2021 // Supporters of Wirecutter, the product-recommendation site whose staffers went on strike for five days, have raised over $42,000 to help compensate workers for missed overtime pay.
NY Times Tries to Recruit Scabs to Cover for Wirecutter’s Black Friday Strike
November 24, 2021 // The ecommerce site’s unionized staff are striking on a historically profitable shopping weekend, and Times brass wants other staffers to cross the picket line.N
New York Times’ Wirecutter writers plan strike around Black Friday
November 8, 2021 // Over 90% of Wirecutter union members have voted to authorize a work stoppage in late November