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April 21, 2022

Tidbits – Apr 21, 2022 – Reader Comments: Ukraine and the Left; Grad Students; Who Is Working-Class; Amazon Rainforest; Jackie Robinson; Amazon Rally Sunday; May Day; Global Green New Deal; Labor Notes Conference; Teaching Socialism; Mark Rogovin;

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Reader Comments: Ending Ukraine War; Ukraine and the Left; Grad Students; Who Is Working-Class; Amazon Rainforest; Jackie Robinson; Amazon Rally Sunday; May Day; Global Green New Deal; Labor Notes Conference; Teaching Socialism; Mark Rogovin; more...

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April 19, 2022

Why Health Concerns Are at the Heart of the New Amazon and Starbucks Unions

Alexa Spencer Sacramento Observer (Word in Black)

Fueled by worries about COVID-19 safety and a lack of sick days, Black workers at the two corporate giants are leading the fight for union organizing.

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April 18, 2022

The JFK8 Union Must Be a Spark Towards a New Reality in Labor Relations

Pilar González Kelly Portside

Pilar González Kelly is a sophomore studying public policy at Duke University and long-time reader of Portside. This op-ed is an original submission to Portside.

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April 16, 2022

‘They’re Playing Really Dirty’: Amazon Lashes Back in Staten Island Warehouses

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes

The union vote at a second warehouse, a neighboring sorting center known as LDJ5, is set to start April 25, so the company has turned its focus there.

April 14, 2022

Amazon Workers Who Won a Union Their Way Open Labor Leaders’ Eyes

Noam Scheiber New York Times

After the stunning victory at Amazon by a little-known independent union that didn’t exist 18 months ago, organized labor has begun to ask itself an increasingly pressing question: Does the labor movement need to get more disorganized?

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April 3, 2022

After Amazon Workers’ Union Victory the Fed Must Stop Tipping the Scales for Bosses

Robert Reich The Guardian

A post-Covid jobs recovery has strengthened workers’ hand – companies posting record profits don’t need government to slow the economy

April 1, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | April 1, 2022

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Staten Island Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize

April 1, 2022

In a stunning move, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted in favor of forming the first union in the history of the company — the nation's second largest corporation. More.

April 1, 2022

Heartwarming: Amazon Eats Shit

Laura Wagner Defector.com

Amazon warehouse workers at the company’s JFK8 facility on Staten Island made history today, voting in favor of the Amazon Labor Union. Is this not glorious?

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October 26, 2021

Amazon's Warehouse Workers in Staten Island File Petition for Union Election

Catherine Thorbecke ABCNews

The milestone comes some six months after a failed high-profile union bid by Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who sought to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

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