[Link] How Activision Blizzard employees made CEO Bobby Kotick powerless in just 30 minutes

Read: 2/12/2021 esports.gg

Amidst calls for resignation, CEO Bobby Kotick seemed to be all but untouchable. Blizzard employees proved him wrong in 30 minutes. Someone like Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will do whatever it takes to hold onto their power.

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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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[Link] Workers At Crime-Watch App Citizen Are Unionizing

Read: 4/10/2021 www.vice.com

The workers petitioned for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on September 22, and are waiting for approval to conduct a union election, according to the National Labor Relations Board filing. They are calling their union the Citizen Central Operations Union.

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