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Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon
Teamsters Union Launches Strike Against Amazon As the holiday season peaks, the Teamsters Union has initiated a significant strike against Amazon, targeting facilities in four states. This action is described as the largest labor movement in the company’s history. On Thursday morning, December 19, union members began protests at a fulfillment center in Queens, New York, with additional strikes occurring in Atlanta, Southern California, and Skokie, Illinois. The union aims to highlight unacceptable working conditions and Amazon’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining.  Their demands include better wages, hours, and benefits fo…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Marijuana Dispensary NETA Accused Of Using Union-Busting Tactics Against Employees Marijuana Dispensary NETA Accused Of Using Union-Busting Tactics Against Employees
Marijuana Dispensary Neta Accused Of Using Union-Busting Tactics Against Employees Marijuana dispensary NETA has been accused of quashing employee efforts to unionize at its Brookline and Franklin facilities. Over the last two months, the UFCW Local 1445 (United Food and Commercial Workers) labor union has filed a host of federal complaints alleging that employees have been fired or threatened over collective bargaining efforts at two of the facilities owned by NETA - New England Treatment Access, according to the Boston Business Journal. NETA has denied the complaints. “We support everyone’s right to join or not join a union, but because NETA already offers progressiv…

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by Kristin Palpini