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11 Former NY Union Officials Admit To Accepting Bribes, DA Says 11 Former NY Union Officials Admit To Accepting Bribes, DA Says
11 Former NY Union Officials Admit To Accepting Bribes, DA Says The former president of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council and 10 other former union officials have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their acceptance of bribes and illegal cash payments. James Cahill, the former president of the organization that represents more than 200,000 unionized construction workers, along with 10 other defendants entered guilty pleas for the offenses in the conspiracy that took place from about October 2018 to about October 2020, Damian Williams, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond Tierney…

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by Nicole Valinote
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'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe 'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe
'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe This article has been updated to include a response from Amazon. Employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York who are trying to unionize have launched a GoFundMe campaign to combat what they describe as retaliation from management. Created by Unionize Amazon campaign manager Heather Goodall, it claims that workers at a warehouse in Rensselaer County, located on Highway 9 in Schodack, have been threatened, harassed, or fired since starting efforts with the Amazon Labor Union in June 2022. “The anti-union propaganda has been so aggressive that managers have started verbally attacki…

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by Michael Mashburn