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Business, Equipment

Nissan Technicians in Tennessee Vote Against Unionization

Nissan North America technicians in Tennessee voted against organizing under the Machinists union, the latest defeat for unionization efforts at foreign automakers in the U.S. South.

March 17, 2023
Government, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla Fires Unionizing Autopilot Workers, Complaint Alleges

Tesla Inc. terminated dozens of employees Feb. 15 at its plant in Buffalo, N.Y., one day after Autopilot workers at the facility announced a union campaign, organizers said in a complaint.

February 16, 2023
Business, Technology

New York Tesla Workers Launch Campaign to Organize Union

NEW YORK — Tesla workers at a factory in New York are launching a campaign to organize a union.

February 14, 2023
Business, Logistics, Global Freight

Thousands of CSX Workers First to Get Paid Sick Leave

OMAHA, Neb. — Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time.

February 8, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Rail Workers Still Seeking Quality-of-Life Improvements

OMAHA, Neb. — The contract imposed on railroad workers last fall didn’t resolve their quality-of-life issues, but already this year there are indications the major freight railroads are starting to address some of their concerns.

January 26, 2023
Business, Logistics

Amazon Union Organizer in Alabama Says He Was Fired

An Amazon warehouse worker who helped lead a hotly contested union campaign in Bessemer, Ala., said he was abruptly terminated without explanation.

January 23, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Mediterranean Shipping Co. Clashing With Machinists’ Union Over Seattle Terminal Duties

Mediterranean Shipping Co. filed a motion in late October with the National Labor Relations Board urging SSA Marine Inc. to assign tasks at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

October 31, 2022
Government, Business

Amazon Workers in NYC Reject Union in a Reversal of Fortune

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York City overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on May 2, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

May 2, 2022
Business, Top 100

Amazon Workers in NYC Vote to Unionize, a First for Company

NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Staten Island, N.Y., voted to unionize on April 1, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive.

April 1, 2022
Business, Logistics

West Coast Dockworkers Decline Contract Extension, Seek Talks

The union representing about 15,000 dockworkers at the largest U.S. ports declined an offer by employers to extend existing labor contracts for a year, setting the stage for heated negotiations.

November 23, 2021