July 22, 2019

Angry About Low Pay and Sweltering Heat, These Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Organizing

Leave a Comment / workplace safety / By max cyril

Thousands of Amazon workers struck on “Prime Day” this week in what was perhaps the largest multinational action to date against the online behemoth. European Amazon employees have been waging coordinated strikes against the company since 2013, but this time they were joined by U.S. counterparts at a Shakopee, Minnesota fulfillment center, where workers staged …

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As temperatures rise, the poor suffer most

Leave a Comment / workplace safety / By max cyril

As a heat wave bakes large pockets of the United States this weekend, it is society’s most vulnerable who suffer most. Take the unnamed 32-year-old Ace Air Conditioning of Louisiana worker who died while installing duct work on July 20, 2017. The man began to show signs of heat exhaustion while working in the attic of a …

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Citing discrimination, HUD denies L.A. $80M

Leave a Comment / Federal Government / By max cyril

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is denying Los Angeles $80 million in federal funding on the grounds that the city is violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against people with disabilities, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO. The city’s plan for the disbursement of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment …

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Dem campaigns bulk up with hiring spree

Leave a Comment / election / By max cyril

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has the largest staff in the 2020 Democratic presidential race. Sen. Bernie Sanders is close behind. And others trying to go big are weighing the dangers of the most expensive piece of the “invisible primary”: the people running the campaigns. Warren had 303 people on her campaign payroll during the second quarter …

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Angry About Low Pay and Sweltering Heat, These Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Organizing

As temperatures rise, the poor suffer most

Citing discrimination, HUD denies L.A. $80M

Dem campaigns bulk up with hiring spree

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