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Alice Gomez and Maria Ramos work at Dr. Bronner's soap factory in Vista, Calif. The company is doing weekly coronavirus testing but still wants all its workers vaccinated.

Health & Safety

Employers Want You To Get Vaccinated. This One Is Offering A $1,000 Bonus

4:24pm August 17, 2021

by Andrea Hsu

With the delta variant spreading, more companies are mandating that employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but some are still hoping bonuses will do the trick.

Where there are labor disputes, Scabby the Rat — in this case deployed by a local union in Chicago — will be there to call attention to workers' rights.

National

How A Beloved Giant Rat Won Free Speech Rights

4:27pm August 06, 2021

by Justin Hicks

The 12-foot-tall inflatable called "Scabby" has been used for decades as a symbol in union disputes. Last year, the National Labor Relations Board signaled it could outlaw its use in some situations.

Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize.

Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

1:08am August 03, 2021

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union.

It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election

4:12pm April 09, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

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Vote tally is underway in a historic union election at Amazon's warehouse in Alabama.

Amazon Union Election: 'No' Votes Outnumber 'Yes' Votes At End Of 1st Day Of Counting

7:30pm April 08, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Hand counting will continue on Friday. So far, more than two-thirds of the tallied votes are against unionizing.

A banner encourages workers to vote in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

Why Is The Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?

3:35pm April 08, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

Vote tally begins in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., pictured here on Feb. 6.

National

Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

11:45am March 29, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

The results will determine whether Amazon gets its first U.S. warehouse union. It's been dubbed one of the most consequential union elections in recent history.

A man works at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. The retail giant faces a major labor battle with a unionization vote planned at a similar warehouse in Alabama.

National

Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company's 1st U.S. Union

3:43pm January 15, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Some 6,000 workers at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will begin voting on Feb. 8 on a groundbreaking possibility: the first union in the company's U.S. history.

Nurses at Albany Medical Center picketed on Dec.1, asking for more personal protective equipment. They say they're having to reuse N95 masks up to 20 times.

For Health Care Workers, The Pandemic Is Fueling Renewed Interest In Unions

5:01am January 11, 2021

by Aneri Pattani

Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their employers have failed to protect them from COVID-19.

A worker pulls a pallet jack with plastic crates at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, N.J. The company is facing its biggest labor battle yet with a unionization vote expected at a facility in Alabama.

National

Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama Plan Vote On 1st U.S. Union

2:09pm December 18, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

A labor board hearing is hashing out how and when a vote might take place to form potentially the first U.S. union at one of America's largest employers.