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Fact sheet: Employers are charged with violating federal law in nearly 40% of union elections
1 month ago | By Economic Policy Institute
Employers regularly employ illegal tactics to suppress unions. An analysis of the latest government data on unfair labor practice charges and union elections shows that employers were charged with violating federal labor law in nearly 40% of elections-everything from firing to retaliation to changing work terms. The data don't show the extent of employer aggression because missing from the numbers are attempts by management to suppress unionization before workers even get a chance to hold an election.
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Employers are charged with an unfair labor practice in four out of 10...
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Spanish court: Amazon violated labor law with delivery app
1 month ago | By Chron
MADRID - A Spanish court has ruled that Amazon broke labor laws by forcing more than 2,000 delivery drivers to use an app that the company controlled for scheduling work and payments and requiring them to use their own cars and cellphones on the job.
Amazon could not treat workers using its Flex app as self-employed because the e-commerce giant's Spanish subsidiary “assumes the authority to make all decisions regarding the service, setting the conditions of execution and remuneration, and the circumstances of the day, time and duration” of labor, according to the Madrid labor court's...
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