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'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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Can You Be Tested Or Fired For Smoking Pot? New York State Offers Guidance To Residents
The New York State Department of Labor has offered guidance to residents about cannabis use and the workplace. According to the department, employers are allowed to take action against an employee if the employee is impaired by cannabis while working. The state said there must be "specific articulable symptoms" of the employee's impairment that decrease the employee's ability to perform their job or interfere with the employer's ability to create a safe and healthy work environment. The department said these symptoms are defined as "objectively observable indications that the employee’s pe…