Boycott

BREAKING: Draft Legislation in New York Would Put Gig Workers into Toothless ‘Unions’

Leave a Comment / Independant Contractors, labor, unions / By max cyril

An effort backed by the New York State AFL-CIO would create a new bargaining scheme for app-based workers without addressing the question of whether or not these workers are legally “employees.” Labor Notes obtained a draft version of the legislation that is being negotiated by unions and app employers. Workers for apps like Uber, Lyft, and …

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Union organizing Amazon workers emphatically disavows social media calls for boycott

Leave a Comment / union mobilizing, unions / By max cyril

Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are still voting on whether to join a union, in a mail vote that ends March 29. The company’s ongoing harassment campaign aimed at defeating the organizing effort has many workers looking forward to that date, when the barrage will end—much as Republican negative campaigning is aimed at turning people against …

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‘It’s terrifying’: Why women’s hockey players are risking their careers for this boycott

Leave a Comment / Working Women / By max cyril

Women’s hockey players are fed up with being told to be grateful for the scraps of professional leagues they’ve been given, so they’re taking a stand. Last Thursday, more than 200 of the best women’s hockey players in the world announced they would not suit up for any North American professional women’s hockey teams this …

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Chicago Students Boycott Class, Demanding an Elected and Accountable School Board

Leave a Comment / Education / By max cyril

“David Vitale, we don’t recognize you as the board chairperson… You’re fired!” Thus Jitu Brown, education organizer at the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization on Chicago’s South Side, began today’s protest rally of about 400 students, parents and community members outside the downtown headquarters of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), where Chicago Board of Education president Vitale …

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BREAKING: Draft Legislation in New York Would Put Gig Workers into Toothless ‘Unions’

Union organizing Amazon workers emphatically disavows social media calls for boycott

‘It’s terrifying’: Why women’s hockey players are risking their careers for this boycott

Chicago Students Boycott Class, Demanding an Elected and Accountable School Board

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