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🚛 To Unionize Amazon, Disrupt the Flow
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To Unionize Amazon, Disrupt the Flow
Organizing logistics behemoths like Amazon and Walmart will require the labor movement to figure out how to disrupt the flow of goods across the supply chain rather than simply organizing individual workplaces — and that requires a major rethinking of organizing strategy.

Why sell my labor when I can just unionize and make some noise instead, lmao?
Like, let’s get together, stick it to the man, and maybe have a dance party while we’re at it.
Solidarity never looked so good!
https://iwa-ait.org

To Unionize Amazon, Disrupt the Flow | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-06-08/unionize-amazon-disrupt-flow

Great news, and I bet Amazon closes this facility this year.
https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/114841608264357084

Politico's editorial union says its new AI tool generates garbled or made-up DC intelligence, including a fictional basket-weaver guild; Politico defends it (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/08/2025/politicos-a…

Politico’s AI tool spits out made-up slop, union says
Unionized staffers say the AI tool violates language in their contract.

Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector
Davide Luparello
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08222 https://

Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector
Are temporary workers subject to different wage markdowns than permanent workers? This paper examines productivity, output markups, and wage markdowns in India's automotive sector during 2000--2020. I develop a model integrating CES production, nested logit labor supply, and differentiated labor market conduct: Nash-Bertrand wage setting for temporary workers versus Nash bargaining for unionized permanent workers. Results reveal declining output markups as marginal costs outpace prices through …

So, lemme get this straight: if you tip an employee at an Apple Store - they can get FIRED?
That's some bullshit. Them folks need to unionize (which, admittedly I’ve been saying for a while)

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/all-major-las-vegas-strip-casinos-are-now-unionized-in-historic-labor-victory

Ziff Davis is laying off 15% of its unionized workforce, or 23 people, 19 of which work for CNET; Ziff Davis has bought five companies in 2025 (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/715220/ziff-davis-creators-guild-cnet-layoffs

Layoffs hit CNET as its parent company goes on a buying spree
Media company Ziff Davis is laying off 15 percent of its unionized workforce, with the majority being from tech outlet CNET.

In a letter to NYT leadership, ~50 unionized culture staffers express shock and concern over the reassignment of critics, as the section shifts toward video (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/03/2025/a-new-new-york-times-c…

New New York Times culture section edges toward video
The paper moved four of its critics around the newsroom as it rethinks its critical voice.