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South Carolina’s strongest union of Black workers challenges state in labor dispute

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MLB players start $1 million fund for workers impacted by lockout

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Bid to unionize Amazon workers in New York nears milestone

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For World Trade Center cook, surviving 9/11 led to activism

Twenty years after 9/11, Sekou Siby still feels the pangs of survivor’s guilt. It sent the immigrant from Ivory Coast on a path he never saw.
/ September 12, 2021

Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

The union push was the biggest in Amazon’s history, only the second time that an organizing effort from within the company saw a vote.
/ April 11, 2021
Congressional Delegation Meets With Alabama Amazon Workers In Unionization Push

Amazon illegally fired employees who spoke out about conditions, board finds

Amazon employees who spoke out against the company’s practices were found to have been fired as retaliation according to the NLRB.
/ April 5, 2021

Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in Alabama

Black Lives Matter became the latest high-profile supporter of the Bessemer city union push, the biggest in Amazon’s nearly 30-year history.
/ March 13, 2021

In a majority-Black city, Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

If organizers succeed in Bessemer, Alabama, it could set off a chain reaction among workers across Amazon’s operations nationwide.
/ February 14, 2021
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Major teachers union endorses Obama's re-election

CHICAGO (AP) – In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election…
/ July 5, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Danny Glover fights for Ohio factory workers

BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) – Glover is bringing attention to the plight of Ohio workers at a Hugo Boss plant that faces a shutdown next month with the loss of 375 jobs…
/ March 23, 2010