Grocery strikes spike at Whole Foods, Instacart and Amazon as fear over COVID-19 spreads – Columbian.com
Both grocery and delivery workers are holding strikes and walkouts this week as concerns over dangerous work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic intensify.
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Coronavirus lockdown to hit low-paid, young and women hardest, warns IFS | Business | The Guardian
Low earners seven times more likely to work in sectors worst hit by shutdown, study finds…
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How Trump Could Dismantle Workers’ Rights with Another Four Years
In just his first term, he’s been a fairly effective union buster.
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Uproar among workers supplying the world’s meat is spreading
A growing number of workers who are crucial to supplying the world with meat are demanding that their companies do more to keep them safe from the coronavirus. Labor unions are starting to speak out as their members fall ill.
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Unions Disregard Call for Large Scale Climate Action Strikes – Validated Independent News
Students are leading the way with Global Climate Strikes across the country to persuade the government and leaders of the country to take impactful action…
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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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