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In his new special taking on Amazon, prankster Oobah Butler gets a job at a fulfillment center, films the brutal working conditions, and sells a drink made of Amazon drivers’ pee on the company’s platform. Amazon isn’t happy with his work.

Yet across the country, Americans can and do face discrimination at their workplaces for seeking care and exercising their reproductive rights.

As Israel escalates its military campaign, Palestinian trade unions call on their counterparts internationally to halt the arms trade with Israel.

“Union members come from diverse backgrounds, including Jews, Muslims, and Middle Eastern communities,” says the petition. “The rising escalation of war and arms sales doesn't serve the interests of workers anywhere.”

Workers at Alamo theaters in Brooklyn and Manhattan recently voted to unionize.

The victory was a big moment for a labor movement largely led by immigrants and women of color — two groups whose domestic work has historically been undervalued and excluded from labor protection laws.

Under pressure from the striking United Auto Workers, General Motors agreed last week to include EV battery plants in its master agreement with the union. It’s a huge victory for the UAW — and a crucial step in ensuring the transition to EVs benefit

Billions of dollars in public pension fund money flow to private equity–owned firms that union-bust, violate labor laws, and put workers’ safety at risk.

Some 600 workers from Gaza have faced threats and arrests inside Israel and were forced to go to the occupied West Bank.

Global labor organizations offered different views on the violence engulfing Gaza and Israel, but the call for peace and justice for all -- Palestinians and Israelis -- predominated.