Amazon Workers Start Voting Union at Another Staten Island Facility

About 1,500 workers at an Amazon sorting center in Staten Island will qualify to vote this week in an election that could form the company’s second union in the US. This month, an Amazon warehouse with more than 8,000 employees in Staten Island, vote to unionizeAlthough it supports the union by a margin of more …

Biden Appears to Show Support for Amazon Workers Voting to Unionize

WASHINGTON — Days after warehouse workers in Staten Island challenged Amazon and formed a successful labor union, President Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the workers and defended their cause. In his remarks at a national conference of unionized trade workers, Mr. Biden spoke directly to one of the most powerful companies in the …

Amazon Workers in Staten Island Aim for Union Voting

In a tent next to the Staten Island bus stop, four plastic tubs contain piles of cards with valuable signatures: the signatures of more than 1,700 hourly Amazon employees. The cards read, “I, the undersigned, authorize Amazon Labor Union to represent me for collective bargaining.” The Commitments are the result of six months of organization …

Apple and Google Remove ‘Navalny’ Voting App in Russia

NGOs warned forcing companies to comply The combination of laws and regulations risks creating a more fragmented internet where access to information and products will depend on where people are. Companies must weigh the value of offering their services in a country like Russia, where they are seen as more independent from local technology platforms, …

Voting Business in Texas

Companies in Texas look to Washington The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature this week passed a major bill It is the latest to tighten voting rules this year, by overhauling the state’s electoral laws. In Texas, as elsewhere, many businesses and industry groups They spoke out against the movement, arguing it was bad for the economy. in …

California regulators are voting solar powers for new buildings.

Under a plan that the California Energy Commission is expected to approve Wednesday, builders will need to incorporate solar and battery storage into commercial and high-rise multi-family projects. The plan, which will take effect on January 1, 2023, also includes incentives to extract natural gas from new buildings and facilitate the addition of batteries to …

As Infrastructure Bill Approaches Voting, Returns to Open Place

Mr. McConnell threatened to withhold all Republican votes from the debt ceiling increase, a stance Mr. Hollen called “part of a pattern of hypocrisy.” Republicans have repeatedly raised the debt ceiling during the Trump years, even after the tax cuts. But they caused a series of crises when there was a Democrat in the White …

Official Says Amazon Union Voting at Alabama Warehouse Needs to Be Reworked

A hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board recommended that the board rescind the union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Results Announced in early April, it showed workers rejecting the union by more than two-to-one. The union announced the recommendation on Monday, and Amazon quickly said it would take steps to …

Podcast Looks at Allegations of Voting Fraud in North Carolina

Times Insider It explains who we are and what we do, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. By all accounts, election fraud is rare. But following the 2018 election, the small rural community of Bladen County, NC, officials threw The results of a congressional race on suspicions of fraud. Two years …