On the Clock
Amazon Makes Union Organizer Pick Up Cigarette Butts Alone in Parking Lot
Another union organizer at the same warehouse in upstate New York was fired for not using a step stool to move totes full of merchandise.
Leaked Memo Reveals Apple’s Anti-Union Talking Points for Store Managers
Apple is instructing managers to tell retail workers that they could lose benefits and career opportunities if they unionize.
Amazon Warehouse Collapse Reveals ‘Wholly Inadequate Safety Culture,’ Warren and AOC Say
In letters between Amazon and Elizabeth Warren obtained by Motherboard, the Senator reprimanded Amazon for responses to questions about a deadly Amazon facility collapse.
People Are Using Job Listings to Sabotage Companies That Mistreat Their Workers
Online job listings have evolved into a powerful tool that labor activists are using to expose the efforts of anti-union companies.
Amazon Just Fired 2 Union Organizers Who Helped Win Amazon’s First Union
“I believe it was retaliatory. Amazon knows that I’m making national headlines."
Starbucks Is ‘Concerned’ White House Met With Starbucks Union
The president, vice president, and labor secretary met with union organizers at Amazon and Starbucks.
Divided Congress United in Not Giving a Shit About Workers
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to kill a pro-labor amendment to the 2022 America COMPETES Act—right before voting to protect a $10 billion handout to Jeff Bezos.
A Starbucks Supervisor Sexually Assaulted a Barista. Starbucks Knowingly Kept Him Employed for Months.
The supervisor kept his job even after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a barista. She got fired.
Amazon Labor Union Loses Vote Next Door to Their First Victory
Amazon Labor Union's loss at LDJ5 in Staten Island shows that despite its stunning upset in April, unionization efforts at Amazon still face an uphill battle.
New York Bill Would Force Amazon to Limit Grueling Warehouse Quotas
The bill is a response to skyrocketing injury rates in Amazon warehouses.
Facing Protests, Amazon Makes Cell Phone Access at Warehouses Permanent
The concession to warehouse workers follows the first union victory at an Amazon warehouse in US history.
The Largest Subreddit for Amazon Workers Has Banned the Word ‘Union’
Moderators of the popular online forum with 43,500 members decided to censor union-related posts “due to an influx of spam and outright malicious posts.”