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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‘We will go to the governor’s door’: Fired Amazon walkout leader vows BIGGER protest if Covid-19 safety demands not met — RT USA News
The leader of an Amazon warehouse walkout will take his fight for a safe workplace to the New York governor’s office if needed, he told RT. City authorities are investigating whether he was fired in retaliation for the protest.
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On César Chávez Day, Biden calls for coronavirus protections for farmworkers
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden marked César Chávez’s birthday with a call for better coronavirus protections for farmworkers….
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New York City has opened a human rights probe into Amazon’s firing of a warehouse worker who led a strike against the company over coronavirus safety concerns
Amazon employee Chris Smalls was fired Monday after helping organize a strike in protest of the company’s response to the coronavirus.
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Longshoreman Dies In Oakland After Fall From Container Ship
An early morning accident Tuesday at the Port of Oakland has left one 59-year-old dockworker dead.
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Harvard Agrees to Pay Dining Hall Workers After Free Beacon Report
Harvard University has agreed to pay its contract dining hall employees and other workers through the end of the semester, after facing pressure and protests from employment rights advocates on and off campus.
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