Tag: Amazon
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A rocky road on the upward path of labor action
Kim Moody looks at the changing economic, internal union, and political contexts for workers whose contracts expire this year and argues that intransigent employers will face a union workforce with years of accumulated grievances, a cost-of-living crisis, and a rebellious rank and file. We can expect major struggles in 2023. This offers a huge opportunity…
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Report from the Front: Rally in Pilsen
Joe Allen reports on a tax-Amazon rally in his Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen and nearby Little Village.
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San Bernardino Amazon warehouse walkout
Dana Cloud talked with Amazon workers on the picket line about work conditions, wages, organizing, and their future.
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Biden rides the brakes on labor’s upsurge
Shamus Cooke analyzes the response of the Biden administration to the recent upsurges in labor organizing and activism and finds reasons for concern.
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Nothing natural about this disaster
Thomas Hummel discusses how climate change-fueled tornadoes and corporate greed caused the deaths of workers at Amazon and Mayfield Consumer Products in the Midwest.
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Amazon workers and the southern key?
Sumona Gupta provides an important introduction to the background behind the current efforts to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama.
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Working through it
Six socialist organizers discuss the challenges and opportunities facing workplace organizing in the age of COVID-19.