Labor Round-Up; Union Busting, Astroturfing, and Strike Votes
How Iowa Republicans are busting unions through the University of Iowa
http://www.full-stop.net/2019/07/16/features/rebecca-zweig/unionbustingpraire/
Sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee have filed complaint against their employer for racial discrimination and wage theft
Uber and Lyft paid drivers to protest state bill that would classify them as employees
Federal workers’ union continues to fight against Trump executive orders that would essentially dismantle unions for federal employees
Food service workers at Sysco Food Distribution Services have voted to authorize a strike in Phoenix, Arizona, and New Mexico
https://www.facebook.com/SyscoUSFworkers/photos/a.622395051174201/2293997277347295/?type=3&theater
AT&T workers in the Southeast U.S. have voted to authorize a strike as AT&T has reneged on job creation promises over Trump tax cuts, instead have focused on stock buybacks for corporate executives
Amazon workers continued speaking out over working conditions and mistreatment as the company expanded their Prime Day sale to two full days this year. I spoke with 24 workers at Whole Foods on how Amazon has transformed the company into an Amazon Prime retail outpost, increased workloads, cut hours, and run stores understaffed.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/16/whole-foods-amazon-prime-working-conditions