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Corporations Donated $164,000 to Anti-Voting Rights Senators Despite Pledges
Corporations like Target, Facebook and Amazon have given tens of thousands to Senate Republicans this year alone.
Election Will Determine Strike Power of US’s Largest Private-Sector Union
Whoever wins will determine how the Teamsters respond to the current moment of broader labor militancy.
A Canadian Amazon Warehouse Could Soon Be the First to Unionize in North America
The Teamsters hope the union drive will build momentum at warehouses across the country — and the continent.
California Passes Bill to Ensure Amazon Workers Can Take Bathroom Breaks
Amazon and other companies enforce quotas that often push warehouse employees to skip breaks in order to “make rate.”
The NLRB Says Amazon Cheated in the Bessemer Union Election. What Happens Next?
The labor board’s recommendation for a rerun election is no guarantee against renewed anti-union activities by Amazon.
Amazon Pressured Alabama Workers to Vote Against Unionization, Labor Board Finds
Amazon took several actions that intimidated workers, including placing a ballot box within view of management offices.
Bezos Thanks Workers for Paying for Space Trip. They’d Rather Be Paid Fairly.
Billionaires who have monopolized large sectors of the economy are seeking to do the same for space infrastructure.
Poverty Wages and Tax Dodging Funded Bezos’s Ridiculous Space Trip
This was a step toward the commercialization of space, and I want no part of that.
Coalition Demands Federal Ban on Amazon’s Punitive Worker Surveillance
Prime Day tends to heighten warehouse injury risks as workers face intense pressure to accommodate the influx of orders.
Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Toiling under surveillance, Amazon workers watch company videos about mindfulness in “ZenBooths” in the warehouses.