Union Loses Election at Amazon’s Alabama Plant
In an election that was watched closely nationally and internationally, a union of retail store workers has failed in its effort to organize the close to 6,000 employees of tech giant Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama. Given President Biden’s strong support of the union movement generally, and of the Amazon workers in Bessemer specifically, it was…
OSHA Issues New Workplace Guidance on COVID-19
Acting on instructions from President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a stronger worker safety guidance to help employers and workers implement coronavirus prevention programs in the workplace. The guidance, “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace,” may be…
