Category: labor organizers

Injuries at Amazon Warehouses Rose 38 Percent In 2021: Labor Activists

Amazon.com Inc. warehouses in the United States, which employ millions of Americans, recorded a 38 percent rise in reported workplace injuries between 2020 and 2021, according to a new report released on April 12 by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), a labor activism group. Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged in a 2020 letter to…


Farmers Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down California Rule Allowing Aggressive Labor Organizing

A California law that gives labor organizers permission to trespass on private property and disrupt business operations 120 days a year to recruit new members should be struck down as unconstitutional, farmers urged a seemingly receptive Supreme Court. The case, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, court file 20-107, is an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals…