What happens next depends on Amazon, the workers, and the interpretation of outdated US labor law.
Today is Worker's Memorial Day. Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
Activists known as “salts” have been a key to recent successful organizing campaigns. And they say they’re just getting started.
Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict.
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In Kentucky, workers organizing for a union at Amazon's biggest air hub are demanding the rehire of fired activists. Despite the retaliation, "our activity has been contagious among our co-workers," writes Griffin Ritze. Workers in various departments have taken direct action for immediate demands.
Last year, the union membership rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 10.1% — the lowest on record. The absolute number of American workers in unions did grow in 2022 — by approximately 200,000. But the number of non-union jobs grew faster.
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Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and U.S. labor union density is falling as a result.
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