Category: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS

When Jessica Naro was told she would need to report back to work Wednesday at Tesla’s automobile assembly plant in Fremont, California, her first thought was that it wasn’t safe to do so.She was worried about her health as the sole provider for her family, but even more worried she’d be exposed to the virus…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on October 02, 2019.Elif Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesNine Democratic senators are calling on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to provide more information on the recent firing of four employees who were outspoken critics of its labor practices and questioned whether their dismissal constituted retaliation. In a letter Thursday, Sens. Elizabeth…

Grocery store workers and others stage a protest rally outside the Whole Foods Market, in the South End of Boston, to demand personal protective equipment, added benefits if needed and hazard pay, during the coronavirus pandemic on Apr. 7, 2020.Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesA Target worker in Virginia wearing his own mask,…

Over the past month, scores of businesses across the country have shut down in order to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, resulting in millions of workers losing their jobs and wages. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an estimated 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment since mid-March, nearly wiping out all the job…

The global economic outlook may be bleak at the moment, with the coronavirus pandemic resulting in countless business closures and putting millions of people out of work. But billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is confident that capitalism and Americans’ entrepreneurial spirit will eventually fuel an economic rebound that he believes will bring with it the birth of…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that he has ordered the city’s human rights commissioner to investigate Amazon’s decision to fire a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island warehouse.Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker at the facility, known as JFK8, organized a strike on Monday to call attention to…

In the first Democratic presidential debate since Sen. Bernie Sanders earned a big target on his back, Democratic candidates jumped into an often chaotic and uncomfortable fray in Charleston, South Carolina, on Tuesday night.Sanders took shots from his rivals early and often after weeks of strong polling and a series of key wins in early…

The Bottom LineFormer Vice President Joe Biden got into a tense argument during a visit to a Fiat Chrysler manufacturing plant in Detroit. An autoworker said Biden wanted to take away guns, and Biden told the employee he was “full of s—.”00:38Tue, Mar 10 20202:13 PM EST

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 4, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren’t from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some tough words for former political rival and current Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in the Hulu documentary series “Hillary,” which is set to be released on Friday. In particular, Clinton says Sanders didn’t start working until he was in his 40s. “[Sanders] was a career politician. He didn’t work until…