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Union: Amazon's Illegal Actions During Union Vote
On Friday, the most high-profile union election in decades concluded with workers overwhelmingly voting against the union with a vote of 738 in favor and 1,798 against. There were also 76 voided...
Colectivo Coffee Union Vote Tied
In Wisconsin and Illinois, workers at Colectivo, a midwestern coffee company, have organized and held a vote on joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 494. For over a...
NLRB Finds Amazon Illegally Fired Workers
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been on a hot streak over the last few weeks. After finding Tesla guilty of union-busting and settling a similar case with Google, they have now...
Why is the Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?
On Monday, all votes were submitted in the historic Amazon union vote at the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. While only 6,000 people were eligible to vote, it is expected to take days or possibly weeks...
Supreme Court Hears NCAA Athlete Pay Case
As March Madness comes down to the Final Four, the Supreme Court heard an important case concerning challenging amateurism, the ability of college athletes in football and basketball to get paid, and...
Biden Proposes $2T Infrastructure and Jobs Plan
For four years Trump promised an infrastructure week and a massive infrastructure plan. The failure to deliver became a joke on the internet as he finished his term without any substantial proposal....
Biden Creates OffShore Wind Zone
Across the country, states are moving away from fossil fuels and moving towards renewable sources of energy. One of those sources is offshore wind. While popular in other parts of the world, offshore...
Tesla Found Guilty of Unionbusting
In 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues & give up stock...
NLRB Lawyer: Keep Union Insignia Rule
Over the past few months President Biden and his appointees have worked to overturn a number of Trump initiatives. Some of these include getting rid of Trump’s anti-union executive orders and...
Link: Cops and Capitol Insurgency
On January 6th a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the Congress from approving the Electoral College vote that would make Joe Biden the President. The...