Amazon workers on Staten Island have created the company’s first union. The government needs to make it easier for others to follow.
Tag: Labor and Jobs
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Strong Job Gains in March Keep a Flame Under the Recovery
The U.S. economy added 431,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent. Wages showed sharp gains, but that has been blunted by inflation.
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Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize
Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union. It was seen as a rebuke of the company’s treatment of its employees.
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With Four-Day Workweeks, Fridays Are for Free Time
Some lucky workers are only working half-Fridays year-round, if they work Fridays at all. The verdict? “It’s magic.”