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Amazon Lashes Back in Staten Island Warehouses
The company has turned its focus to a union vote at a second warehouse in Staten Island set to start April 25.
Musk’s $43B Offer to Buy Twitter Is Nearly Twice His Entire Pre-COVID Net Worth
Musk’s net worth has shot up a whopping 1,080 percent during the pandemic.
Congressional Workers Urge House Leaders to Schedule Vote on Their Union
The legislation to formally authorize the union was introduced over two months ago, but has yet to be brought to a vote.
Corporate Profiteers Are Driving Inflation. It Hurts Poorer Countries Most.
Inflation has reached its highest point in four decades, thanks to corporate profiteers and speculators.
Warren & Chu Call Out IRS Auditors for Targeting Households Making $25K or Less
Households with incomes below $25,000 are five times more likely to be audited than everyone else.
Labor Board’s Top Counsel Makes a Formal Move to Make It Easier to Unionize
The NLRB’s general counsel issued a brief calling on the board to reinstate the Joy Silk doctrine.
Nearly Half of All Warehouse Injuries in 2021 Happened at Amazon Warehouses
The company’s injury rate increased in 2021 despite its pledge to become “Earth’s Safest Place to Work.”
Corrupt Contractors in US Hogged Pandemic Relief and Delivered Unusable Goods
Many contracts to acquire critical supplies were wrapped up in unprecedented fraud schemes.
Tax Day Should Remind Us How Much of Our Money Funds War
We are all deeply implicated in this country’s military death machine, whether we pay income taxes or not.
Bernie Sanders Calls on Amazon to “Sit Down and Start Negotiating a Contract”
Sanders praised the Amazon Labor Union for sparking a “national, sweeping movement.”