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[Link] Protests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China
Read: 23/11/2022 www.theguardian.com
Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter appeared to show.
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[Link] Peloton Apologizes to 2800 Laid-Off Workers With Free Memberships
Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com
Peloton, the fitness and technology company, announced Tuesday that it was laying off 2,800 people as it attempts to right the ship following a string of controversies and corporate missteps that led to production stoppages, price increases, and a plunging share price.
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[Link] Now the GOP Is Coming for John Deere Workers
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
So much for the party of workers. Approximately 10,000 workers at John Deere facilities in five states went on strike in mid-October, the majority of them in Iowa.
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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au
The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.
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[Link] Amazon intensifies 'severe' effort to discourage first-ever US warehouse union
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
A push to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is running into tough opposition as the retail giant, whose profits have boomed during the coronavirus pandemic despite concerns over worker safety, has launched an aggressive anti-union drive.
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[Link] Hundreds of HelloFresh Workers Are Unionizing in New Jersey
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
On Wednesday, the union filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election at the HelloFresh distribution center in Newark. HelloFresh is the largest meal-kit provider in the United States. Its factory workers are also unionizing at a nearby facility in Totowa, New Jersey.
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