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Amazon VP Quits over Union-Busting
At the end of March, two weeks into the quarantine in New York City, Amazon employees at their Staten Island warehouse held a walkout to protest the company’s negligence in protecting the...
Trump's Trade War Results in More Business for Mexico
Trump's trade war with China was supposed to result in manufacturing jobs being brought back to the United States. Instead, it led to China shutting down much of its trade with the US, leaving...
Target and Amazon Workers Strike
After periodic walkouts and sickouts over the past few weeks, workers at two of the nation's biggest companies are taking action on May Day. While job actions often take place on May 1st, also...
Employers: No Liability if Employee Get COVID-19
Frontline workers are being asked to work in some of the most dangerous times and are sometimes being asked to do it without proper PPE. Whether the employer didn't have enough like in many...
NJ Hospital Retaliates Against Workers
This post was written by the NJ AFL-CIO The New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands for our front-line heroes fighting the coronavirus pandemic every day. We are outraged by ongoing retaliation against...
Companies Use COVID-19 Pandemic to Attack Workers
Last week, UCOMM reported on companies that are stepping up to help build PPE, produce hand sanitizer, and ramp up production for ventilators. While the pandemic has brought out the best in these...
Leaked Amazon Document Details Plan to Smear Fired Worker
On Monday, Amazon workers in Staten Island held a walkout to protest the company's failure to protect them on the job. On Tuesday, Amazon fired the organizer. Vice has now gained leaked notes...
Hobby Lobby Lays off by Email
For weeks, craft store Hobby Lobby has been insisting on keeping their stores open even as other companies have made the decision to voluntarily close to stop the spread of coronavirus. By the middle...
CWA Demands GE Use Aviation Workers to Build Ventilators
As states prepare for the apex of the coronavirus outbreak, there is a fear that the need for ventilators will outpace the stockpile. To ramp up the production of the needed equipment, Trump has...
Gig Workers are Employees
Today, the New York State Court of Appeals decided that Luis Vega, a Postmates delivery person, as well as similarly situated workers, are employees for Unemployment Insurance purposes. Mario...