Starbucks workers vote to join a union at one store in upstate New York, but rejected the union at a second location. Luxury brands selling millions of dollars worth of items in the metaverse, and one industry is running especially fast to embrace the new trend. And Ratings agency Fitch downgrades China’s Evergrande and another property developer today, saying…
Kellogg Reaches Tentative Deal With Union After 2 Months of Strike
Kellogg Co. said on Thursday it has reached an agreement with the union on a new five-year contract for its employees at a few breakfast-cereal plants in the United States, potentially bringing a nearly two-month long strike to an end. The tentative agreement, reached after multiple rounds of talks with the union, includes wage increases…
Labor Board Official Orders Revote on Forming Union for Alabama Amazon Warehouse Workers
A labor board official has ordered a revote for Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama regarding forming the company’s first unionized warehouse in the United States. The decision was issued Monday by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after an agency review found that Amazon improperly pressured warehouse staff to vote against joining a union in…
Amazon Worker Group in New York Withdraws Petition for Union Vote
November 13, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—A group of Amazon.com Inc. workers in New York City’s Staten Island have withdrawn a petition to hold a union election, marking a setback in a growing push by organized labor to bring the online retailer’s staff into the fold. The group, known as the Amazon Labor Union, which is not affiliated with a…
Head of Largest California Union Arrested on Charges of Grand Theft, Tax Fraud
SAN FRANCISCO—The head of California’s largest union was arrested on Friday, a day after the well-known activist was charged with grand theft and tax fraud. Alma Hernandez, the executive director of SEIU California, and her husband Jose Moscoso were charged on Thursday with allegedly underreporting some $1.4 million of income between the 2014 and 2018…
RCMP Union Will Support Mounties Who Shun COVID 19 Vaccination Despite Federal Order
OTTAWA—The union representing RCMP officers says it will support decisions by members “to be vaccinated or not” against COVID-19 following a federal order that Mounties be immunized. The Liberal government announced this week that core public servants, including members and reservists of the RCMP, must be vaccinated or face suspension without pay as early as…
Teamsters Organizing Workers’ Unions at 9 Amazon.com Facilities in Canada
The Teamsters workers’ union has launched campaigns to organize employees in at least nine Canadian facilities of U.S. e-commerce company Amazon.com, according to Reuters interviews with union officials. The influential union took the first step earlier this week to organize employees at one of Amazon’s Canadian facilities, and the interviews reveal it is widening such…
FedEx Faces Labor Union Challenge Over Billionaire CEO’s Pay
FedEx Corp shareholders should reject founder and CEO Fred Smith’s $54 million pay package because the logistics company gave him stock options after scrapping a cash bonus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to reinstate it later, the Teamsters labor union said on Friday. Smith, whose net worth is pegged by Forbes at…
Santa Ana Police Chief Says He Was Targeted After Police Union Votes ‘No Confidence’
The Santa Ana Police Union issued a “vote of no confidence” against Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin Sept. 1 after what the city described as a months-long political and personal attack against the chief by the union’s president. “For over a year, the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) has requested the City Council…
Los Angeles Teachers Union Calls for Vaccine Mandate and Stricter COVID-19 Protocols
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is calling for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, along with stricter quarantine rules for all eligible students in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). UTLA also announced support for a vaccine mandate for eligible students, in the wake of the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, UTLA said in…
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