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Solidarity Forever! ICE off Greyhound! Abolish ICE. Show your solidarity by stopping the raids. Know your rights! Refuse to show IDs!!

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On the picket line: Alaska ferry workers win strike

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Alaska ferry workers win strike More than 400 ferry workers at Alaska Marine Highway began picketing when their ships arrived in port on July 24. These workers help run the Marine Highway system that ...

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3 days ago

The gig/app economy aims to extract more surplus labor value from less workers at a rate unprecedented in capitalism’s short and dead-end history.

What the Doordash’s and Uber’s and Amazon’s and their Wall Street/Fleet Street investors of the world therefore produce, above all, are their own gravediggers.

> It’s been almost a month since DoorDash, the leading food delivery app in the US, finally caved to public pressure and announced it would stop pocketing its workers’ tips. ... See MoreSee Less

DoorDash is still pocketing workers’ tips, almost a month after it promised to stop

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It’s been almost a month since the delivery company promised workers it would offer details about its new tipping policy "in the coming days."

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Amazon delivery drivers in Massachusetts scored a major victory in their class-action lawsuit against the e-commerce giant Tuesday. It allows them to proceed with their claim that they have been misclassified as independent contractors and are entitled to the same job protections as regular employees.

The district court ruling states that the drivers aren’t bound by the arbitration agreement in their contract because they fall under the transportation workers’ exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act, which applies to workers engaged in interstate commerce.

Even if the drivers don’t cross state lines, they are indispensable to Amazon’s distribution system, according to the decision, and a strike by these drivers would inevitably disrupt interstate commerce. The ruling also states that the Massachusetts state law prohibiting class-action waivers in arbitration agreements applies to the drivers.

There are more than 8,000 Amazon Flex delivery drivers in Massachusetts, all of whom must supply their own vehicles and pay for the insurance, gas, and phones necessary to do their jobs. As independent contractors, they are not entitled to the protections that employees get, including getting paid minimum wage and overtime.

“Amazon is misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors so that it can shift the expense of running a business to its drivers,” said Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney representing the drivers. “Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world owned by the richest man in the world, and I believe that they can afford to pay their workers correctly and follow the law.”

The court ruling also ordered that case move to Seattle — home to Amazon headquarters — where Liss-Riordan is representing drivers in a similar national class action suit. Amazon, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, is appealing the decision. — KATIE JOHNSTON

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Amazon drivers can move forward with class-action lawsuit - The Boston Globe

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1 week ago

Uber/Lyft have hired millionaire dollar lobbyists, and the list of bosses running scared is like a Wall Street ticker tape.

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>The heavy-duty trucking industry’s on-the-job deaths hit a 29-year high in 2017, making it one of the most dangerous lines of work. Long hauls, fueled by nicotine, junk food and sleep deprivation, leave drivers sicker than the average American worker: 61% of truckers suffer from hypertension, obesity or high cholesterol, and they get fewer than six hours of nightly rest, according to a 2010 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey. There’s also a global health effect. The industry currently has a voracious appetite for diesel, accounting for a third of the transportation sector’s carbon dioxide emissions. That’s expected to grow by 5 million barrels per day by 2050, sucking up 40% of the global increase in oil demand. Major manufacturers are starting to invest in zero-emission trucks, including a $3.2 billion research project at Daimler and a $1.7 billion investment at Volkswagen. The electric truck market is projected to rise to a 30% annual growth rate by 2026. >But the innovation focus in the industry has disproportionately centered on automating potentially millions of trucking jobs. Self-driving technology attracted more than $1 billion in venture capital in a single month this year. >“We’re prioritizing the wrong things around the trucking industry,” Collins said. “Our biggest priority shouldn’t be replacing the workers driving the trucks or unloading the trucks. The biggest priority should be getting diesel trucks off the road and getting clean trucks on the road.” www.huffpost.com/entry/joshua-collins-washington-congress-race_n_5cd5d201e4b0796a95dbdd59

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We are deeply saddened to report the passing of our dear USW Local 8751 brother, activist leader of Boston Fanmi Lavalas, Team Solidarity Supporter and dear friend, Ronald Beneche. Heartfelt condolences and sympathy to his family and many friends. We will cherish his memory and continue his struggle. ... See MoreSee Less

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We are deeply saddened to report the passing of our dear USW Local 8751 brother, activist leader of Boston Fanmi Lavalas, Team Solidarity Supporter and dear friend, Ronald Beneche. Heartfelt condolences and sympathy to his family and many friends. We will cherish his memory and continue his struggle.

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Condolences to his family and friends!

My condolences to this brother.

Sorry for the loss of one our brother 🙏💔

A great loss indeed ! May his soul rest in peace!

OMG...I am shocked...condolences to all of you and hos family...

Wowww that’s very sad , Sincere condolences to his Family and Team Solidarity

My sincere condolences to his family and Team Solidarity! What a great loss to all of us 💝

Sincere condolences to guys and his family.

😭😭😭😭 he’s a great brother

Wow very sad

What do you mean? I saw him before the end of the school year. Ohh noooooo life is not fair at all.

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Team Solidarity- the Voice of United School Bus Union Workers

1 week ago

It’s all out war on workers by the capitalist ruling class, that’s why.

> Trump himself has been accused of employing unauthorized workers at his hotels, golf courses, and other businesses.

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ICE raids raise question: What about the employers? - The Boston Globe

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Unauthorized workers are jailed or deported, while the managers and business owners who profit from their labor often go unprosecuted.

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1 week ago

Idea for Uber:
Stop the illegal, 19th-century pyramid scheme of driver indentured servitude, Stop gauging passengers, and negotiate living wages and benefits with the workers world wide.

And yeh, F the balloons.

>That’s right: $200,000 in balloons. That is a two, followed by five zeros, with a dollar sign in front of it.

>$200,000.

>In.

>Balloons.

>As Crunchbase noted, with that money Uber could afford approximately one more full-time engineer in San Francisco, if it hadn’t abruptly stopped hiring new engineers and other technical staff for the year. Uber portrayed the hiring freeze as a matter of the company simply hitting its quotas for the year, though it laid off 400 of its previously 1,200-strong marketing team late last month in what staffers told Business Insider was a “bloodbath.” According to Crunchbase, a source who attended a recent all-hands meeting at Uber said that CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, when prompted, did not confirm or deny that layoffs in the engineering department could begin soon. Instead, he stated that Uber has to become a “more efficient” organization. ... See MoreSee Less

Pop! Goes the Uber

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Things haven’t been going so hot for Uber, which is burning through billions of dollars a year with no fleet of driverless taxis in sight to stop it. Now, the party is really over: According to a re...

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New Orleans Workers Group

Late last month, 130 ship builders, steel workers, welders, and riveters seized control of the storied Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic in 1909. More than two weeks later, they're still there, ...

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Tech Workers Coalition

Google workers are calling for their company to not bid on a contract with CBP. They join workers at Amazon, Wayfair, Oglivy, and others who have spoken against their companies providing tech infrastr...

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2 weeks ago

> The firm’s reported costs don’t include the [drivers’ personal] cars’ lost value: almost $11 billion.

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Opinion | How Uber Makes Its Drivers Pay

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The firm’s reported costs don’t include the cars’ lost value: almost $11 billion.

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2 weeks ago

>New York City restaurant workers saw their pay increase by 20% after a $15 minimum-wage hike, and a new report says business is booming despite warnings that the boost would devastate the city's restaurant industry.

>As New York raised the minimum wage to $15 this year from $7.25 in 2013, its restaurant industry outperformed the rest of the US in job growth and expansion, a new study found.

>The study, by researchers from the New School and the New York think tank National Employment Law Project, found no negative employment effects of the city increasing its minimum wage to $15.

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NYC's $15 minimum wage hasn't brought the restaurant apocalypse — it's helped them thrive

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A new study suggests that increasing pay for restaurant workers, who make up the bulk of low-wage earners, may not harm businesses.

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2 weeks ago

From CWA President Chris Shelton:

"Breaking up families should not be America’s immigration priority. Workers across the country live in fear of standing up for their rights to report wage theft, dangerous work conditions, sexual assault, trafficking or criminal or workplace issues. Administration actions like today’s only increase fear, push working families into the shadows and do not make America safe or "great." ... See MoreSee Less

CWA Statement on Mass Raids in Mississippi

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CWA statement in response to the raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Mississippi of a Koch Foods, Inc. plant in Morton and a Peco Foods, Inc. plant in Canton.

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> A labor dispute with one of the nation’s largest grocery distributors is shaping to be one of the biggest in recent memory. Corporate Transparency has confirmed through multiple sources that United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) is facing labor action in multiple states that could affect both investors and consumers at large grocery chains like Cub Foods, Whole Foods Market, Coborn’s and SuperValu.

>The campaign against UNFI appears to be powered by rank and file members of the Teamsters Union pushing for action on social media. Public social media posts with the hashtag “#FUnfi” include UNFI workers in at least Washington, Minnesota, California, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Indiana and Oregon. If the Union is indeed planning nationwide work stoppages, it is unclear if UNFI could find enough replacement workers to keep grocery store shelves stocked and keep the dispute from affecting its major customers.

>The dispute seems to center around UNFI’s purchase of grocery distributor SuperValu last year. My sources tell me that UNFI has began either subcontracting or moving significant portions of work in some areas, affecting the livelihoods of longtime employees and potentially lowering food safety standards for many of the food products we take for granted every day. According to Wall Street investment analysts, UNFI stock value has dropped over 77% in the past year, and in an increasingly competitive market it is unclear how power struggles with their workforce will benefit their investors or their customers. ... See MoreSee Less

Trouble at United Natural Foods Inc. (NYSE: UNFI)

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A labor dispute with one of the nation’s largest grocery distributors is shaping to be one of the biggest in recent memory. Corporate Transparency has confirmed through multiple sources that United ...

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2 weeks ago

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This California city just voted to give a $30 minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers

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El Monte, east of Los Angeles, wants to make sure drivers have enough to pay for gas and maintenance and then make $15 an hour on top of that.

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3 weeks ago

Please share widely:

Riders, talk with drivers and share the amount you've been charged by Uber / Lyft. The corporations are illegally keeping two sets of books and hiding what passengers pay from the drivers. The companies are surge gauging passengers and hiding the full extent that they are stealing from drivers.

Passengers, Help drivers fight wage theft with knowledge.

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3 weeks ago

We are FOODSTERS - We are UNITED - We Vote YES!

Fellow Foodora workers – On Wednesday, July 31 at 4:15pm, Foodsters United (CUPW) filed an application for certification of our union to the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). A package was also delivered to Foodora HQ by a delegation of workers. This is a historic moment for couriers and gig workers in Ontario. The vote is online from Friday, August 9th to Tuesday, August 13th and we need to vote YES to officially win our union!

We're so close to victory, but let's not forget why this campaign started.

It started because so many of us struggle to pay bills on a wage that has never increased, that doesn't account for wait times or distance actually traveled, or the huge expenses drivers and riders incur.

It started because worker injuries are serious and rampant yet Foodora has never done anything to improve our conditions.

It started because for any and all our concerns from riders and drivers, from across the city throughout the years, Foodora has never once listened to our concerns.

Drivers and riders are united to VOTE YES for courier rights!

HOW WE VOTE:

We vote online from Friday, August 9th to Tuesday, August 13th. Couriers will receive instructions and a PIN by email.

A union means we have a say in how we get paid.
A union means no more getting injured and being unable to pay bills.
A union means rights, freedom, and fairness.

WE'RE FOODSTERS
WE'RE UNITED
VOTE YES
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Boston School Bus Drivers' Union

Don’t Believe the Anti-Union, Labor-Hating, Blame-Shifting LIES of the media

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