On January 21, 2021, Amazon made a motion to request a stay of the union election for workers at the fulfilment center in Bessemer, Alabama and appealed the decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 10. Today, the NLRB in Washington, DC denied both of their motions, allowing the union election to proceed as decided in the Decision and Direction of Election by their Region 10 office on January 15, 2021. Despite Amazon’s last-ditch effort to delay the election, union election ballots will now go out in the mail to workers on Monday, February 8, 2021. Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which is conducting the unionization drive for the workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, issued the following statement…

In January, RWDSU members at six McNally Jackson Bookstores in New York City ratified their first union contract after joining the RWDSU in late 2019. The RWDSU members at the stores secured strong wage increases, benefit improvements, and won the dignity, respect, and a voice on the job that comes with a union contract.

Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report, which highlighted that two-thirds of nursing home coronavirus fatalities in New York state were in facilities with the lowest or next-to-lowest staffing ratings. The “Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act” introduced earlier this month, will establish minimum standards for nurse-to-patient ratios under penalty of revocation of the facility’s operating license. Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which represents workers at nursing home facilities in New York issued the following statement in support of the bill…

Today, it was announced that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will be stepping down from his role at the company and will become executive chairman. Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which is conducting a unionization drive for the workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, issued the following statement…