A recent Wall Street Journal article laid out NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio's vision for an Amazon-ed Big Apple: a unionized labor force. Katie Honan writes:
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that New York City employees of Amazon.comInc. should unionize and that their organizing wouldn’t prompt the company to pull out … Continue Reading ››
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below.
In this holiday season, if you’ve resisted online shopping through Amazon, you’re … Continue Reading ››
No matter where they might fall on the political spectrum, it seems like everyone's got something to say about the presidential candidates — and it's only August. And in the space of it — in no small part due to the tactics of some #BlackLivesMatter activists — people are talking about racial justice. Here's some of … Continue Reading ››
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