Collective Bargaining
N.F.L. Appeals Deshaun Watson’s Six-Game Suspension
The N.F.L. appealed the six-game suspension of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson on Wednesday, according to a league spokesman. The league challenged the penalty issued Monday by a third-party disciplinary officer as a result of a hearing over accusations that Watson had engaged in sexually coercive and lewd behavior toward two dozen women he hired […]
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Eight U.S. House Offices File for the Right to Unionize
WASHINGTON — Aides to eight of the most progressive members of the House filed petitions on Monday to form unions in their offices, the first substantial action by congressional staff to organize collectively to bargain for better work conditions. The move, which has been in the works for more than a year, paves the way […]
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Why a Rhodes Scholar’s Ambition Led Her to a Job at Starbucks
Most weekend mornings, Jaz Brisack gets up around 5, wills her semiconscious body into a Toyota Prius and winds her way through Buffalo, to the Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue. After a supervisor unlocks the door, she clocks in, checks herself for Covid symptoms and helps get the store ready for customers. “I’m almost always on […]
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Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S.
Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store have voted to unionize, making it the first of the company’s 270-plus stores in the United States to join a trend in labor organizing sweeping through retailers, restaurants and tech companies. The result, announced on Saturday by the National Labor Relations Board, provides a foothold for a budding movement […]
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Amazon Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Staten Island Warehouse
After Amazon employees at a massive warehouse on Staten Island scored an upset union victory last month, it turned the union’s leaders into celebrities, sent shock waves through the broader labor movement and prompted politicians around the country to rally behind Amazon workers. Now it also appears to have created fallout within Amazon’s management ranks. […]
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Biden Appears to Show Support for Amazon Workers Who Voted to Unionize
WASHINGTON — Days after warehouse workers on Staten Island defied Amazon and successfully formed a labor union, President Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the workers and championed their cause. In remarks to a national conference of unionized trade workers, Mr. Biden spoke directly to one of the world’s most powerful companies and defended […]
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M.L.B. Tells Union Games Will Be Lost Without a Deal Soon
Believing the sides have had a year to reach a new agreement and that deadlines are deadlines, the M.L.B. spokesman said on Wednesday that the sides still had five days to figure out a new labor pact. Spring training, which was supposed to begin last week, hasn’t started yet because M.L.B. locked out the players […]
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U.S. Women’s Players and U.S. Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit
For six years, the members of the World Cup-winning United States women’s soccer team and their bosses argued about equitable treatment of female players. They argued about whether they deserved the same charter flights as their male counterparts and about the definition of what constituted equal pay. But the long fight that set key members […]
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USWNT and US Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit
That could take months. The men’s and women’s team already have held joint negotiating sessions with U.S. Soccer, but to make the deal work — the federation is seeking a single collective bargaining agreement that covers both national teams — the men’s players association will have to agree to share, or surrender, millions of dollars […]
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