Workers

Here’s what you need to know:President Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris will promote unions through a White House task force.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Biden will sign an executive order on Monday creating a task…

When Graham Brooks received his ballot in early February and asked if he would like to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Alabama where he works, he didn't hesitate. He checked the NO box and sent in the ballot.After nearly six years as a…

Amazon workers in a huge warehouse in Alabama voted strongly against the formation of a union on Friday, suppressing the most significant labor force in the history of the internet giant and dealt a crushing blow to organizers, Democrats…

MIAMI - All Day, a downtown café and restaurant, got the year off to a good start. January was the busiest month since the pandemic began. "It was like turning on a light switch," said Camila Ramos, an owner.Business was so good that All…

As the pandemic progressed, some of the most dangerous activities were the many Americans who had missed them dearly: peeling nachos, doodling on a date, or shouting sports scores to a group of friends in a crowded, sticky bar in a…

SEATTLE - Amazon illegally battled two of its most prominent internal critics when it fired them last year, the National Labor Relations Board found.Employees Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa had publicly urged the company to reduce its…

Amazon drivers begin their delivery routes as employees at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York prepare to quit their jobs and demand increased protection and pay after COVID-19 among multiple employees at the facility was…

LOS ANGELES - Three days after his release from Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, Gilbert Torres returned on a stretcher. A clear hose snaked from his nose to an oxygen tank. It was the last place he wanted to be.But 30-year-old…

Marilyn Reece, the senior bakery clerk at a Kroger in Batesville, Miss., Noted this month that more customers were walking through the store without a mask after the state mandate to wear face coverings was lifted. Kroger still needs them,…

Uber said that as of Wednesday, all drivers in the UK will be defined as "workers," a legal classification in the country that gives drivers a minimum wage and minimum vacation time. It does not provide the full protection of the fully…