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Warehouse Workers’ Deaths Prompt Renewed Scrutiny of Amazon’s No-Phone Policy
“There is no way in hell I am relying on Amazon to keep me safe,” one worker said.
Build Back Better Could Help End Subminimum Wages for People With Disabilities
The subminimum wage allows employers to pay people with disabilities cents on the hour for their work.
Amazon Slammed for Putting Profits Over Safety After 6 Die in Warehouse Collapse
Labor advocates condemned Amazon for requiring employees to work during Friday's tornado watch in the St. Louis area.
Biden Opposes Kellogg’s Plan to Hire Scabs as Workers Decide to Remain on Strike
President Joe Biden stated his support for legislation that bans the practice of hiring replacements for strikers.
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Celebrate Starbucks Workers’ Historic Union Victory
Workers at the Elmwood, Buffalo Starbucks location have voted overwhelmingly to form a union.
Buffalo Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form First-Ever Starbucks Union
Workers at the Elmwood location in Buffalo voted 19 to 8 to form a union.
Calls for Boycott Grow After Kellogg Says It’s Permanently Replacing Strikers
Workers have said they have to work over 80 hours a week with little room to receive raises for newer employees.
As Columbia’s Endowment Grows to $14 Billion, Student Workers Demand Living Wage
Three thousand student workers at New York City’s Columbia University are on their fifth week of strike.
Baristas in Buffalo Are Poised to Unionize Using Starbucks’s Own PR Against It
Workers United members say their union drive may succeed tomorrow in part by turning Starbucks's own PR against it.
$18 Minimum Wage May Soon Be on the Ballot in California
Progressive activist Joe Sanberg has pledged to fund the signature campaign to get the initiative on the ballot.