Leaked Amazon Memo Smeared Fired Organizer: ‘He’s Not Articulate’
Leaked Amazon memo details a plan to smear fired New York City warehouse protest and walkout organizer. "He’s Not Smart Or Articulate," said the memo.
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Amazon responds after leaked memo reveals company’s PR strategy against warehouse worker –
Amazon’s logistics chief penned a blog post Thursday, hours after a leaked memo revealed an unflattering glimpse into the company’s PR strategy toward a fired warehouse worker who organized a walkout in New York this week.
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Retailers Under Growing Pressure to Let Workers Wear Masks – The New York Times
Restrictions that follow current C.D.C. guidelines have become a source of tension at many stores supplying essential goods during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ralphs shifts to $2 hourly raises instead of bonus for workers –
The announcement, made jointly Wednesday, April 1 by parent company Kroger and the union that represents 22,000 of its California workers, came after the United Food and Commercial Workers criticiz……
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The Instacart Strike and Worker Power Amid the Pandemic
As more people shelter in place to avoid the widening impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, workers at Instacart, a popular grocery delivery……
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Coronavirus: Amazon workers strike over virus protection
Some US workers at Amazon and Instacart claim they are not receiving adequate protection.
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Independent worker group calls for Whole Foods ‘sick out’ over coronavirus – Reuters
An independent group of workers at Whole Foods Market called on colleagues to phone in sick to the grocer’s stores on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of adequate compensation and protections from the coronavirus.
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Ford postpones restart of North American car production as the coronavirus pandemic rages on | Business Insider
Ford is postponing the restart of production at its North American plants due to coronavirus-related health and safety concerns, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The manufacturer has not yet said when it plans to reopen North American plants.
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NY’s Attorney General Calls For Investigation After Amazon Fires Employee For Breaking Quarantine | The Daily Caller
An Amazon employee says he was fired for organizing a walkout, but the company claims he was putting peoples health at risk.
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In midst of a pandemic, Trump’s NLRB makes it nearly impossible for workers to organize a union
Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule making it harder for workers to win and keep a union. At the same time, the Trump NLRB has suspended all union elections, including mail ballot elections.
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