Category: union

Top NYPD Police Union Promises Legal Action If City Imposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The largest police union in New York City is planning to file a lawsuit if the city tries forcing police officers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “If the City attempts to impose a vaccine mandate on PBA members, we will take legal action to defend our members’ right to make such personal medical decisions,” Police…


Top NYPD Union Promises Legal Action If City Imposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The largest police union in New York City is planning to file a lawsuit if the city tries forcing police officers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “If the City attempts to impose a vaccine mandate on PBA members, we will take legal action to defend our members’ right to make such personal medical decisions,” Police…


First Responder Unions Come Out Against Vaccine Mandates 

Orange County first responder unions came out recently against CCP virus vaccination mandates after the California Department of Public Health announced that healthcare workers and other workers in “high-risk” jobs need to be vaccinated. The unions argue that the mandates limit medical freedom, and could lead to termination for the first responders. Alexa Pratt, director…


Flight and Teacher Unions: Masks for Thee, No Vaccine Mandates for We

Flight attendants’ and teachers’ unions whose members are on the front lines of disputed covid safety protocols are ardent enforcers of mask mandates for the public but do not require their members to get vaccinated. Such inoculation is widely acknowledged as the most effective measure in stopping the spread of the highly infectious new Delta…


Richard Trumka, Head of Powerful AFL-CIO Union, Dies at Age 72

Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO union—one of the largest and most powerful—died at age 72, according to the union. His cause of death was not disclosed. “Rich Trumka devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership as the…


Amazon Unionization Election Should be Done Over, Labor Officer Recommends

The failed effort to unionize at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama may be revived after a federal officer recommended this week that a new vote take place. In a report obtained by The Epoch Times, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer said that evidence backs up claims by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union that…


 Ex-Union President from Glendora Sentenced to Two Years for Embezzlement

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A former union president from Glendora was sentenced July 22 to 28 months in federal prison for abusing her leadership position to embezzle union funds—behavior that depleted the union’s bank accounts and led her to double the dues paid by union members. Aja Ann Jasmin, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael…


Amazon Security Guards Accessed Mailbox During Union Election, Worker Says

Two Amazon security guards unlocked a mailbox that was used to hold mail-in ballots for a unionization election, a worker told a hearing on Friday. Kevin Jackson, who works at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, said he witnessed the guards go to the mailbox and use keys to open one of its doors, Bloomberg…


Amazon Warehouse Workers Reject Union Drive in Majority Vote

Efforts to unionize Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama were unofficially defeated on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin with more than half of the ballots counted. So far, over 1,700 voted against forming a union, with nearly 700 ballots in favor. A simple majority is needed for victory, but both sides have the right…


Amazon Union Organizers Deflated as Vote Tilts Against Them

Amazon is heading into the final stretch of a union push in Bessemer, Alabama, with a sizeable lead over labor organizers. With nearly half the ballots counted Thursday night, 1,100 warehouse workers had rejected the union while 463 voted in favor of it. The count will resume Friday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, where agents for…