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Contractors Picket Amazon Over ‘Total Disregard for Worker Safety’

Shortly after unionizing with the Teamsters, 84 Amazon contract workers protested at the e-commerce giant's…

Bangladesh Unions Want Triple the Minimum Wage

Garment-sector experts discuss what's happening with worker rights and wages in the world's second-biggest…

DHL’s Biggest US Air Hub Votes to Unionize

A majority of DHL Express workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport voted to join…

UPS CEO Sees ‘Good Progress’ on Union Talks

The status of 40 local supplemental contracts remain a major point of contention surrounding the wider…

Amazon Cries Foul After Contract Drivers Join Teamsters: ‘Track Record of Failing to Perform’

A group of 84 contract workers employed by a third-party delivery company won recognition to be represented…

NJ vs. NY: What Supreme Court’s Port Call Means for Cargo, Cops and Crime

The Supreme Court's ruling that New Jersey can withdraw from a 70-year port policing pact with New York…

4 More REI Stores File for Union Election

More REI stores across the U.S. are looking to unionize their workplaces, joining a growing wave of similar…

Warehouse Workers Say They’ll Strike Again: ‘We’ve Forced Amazon to Sit Up and Take Notice’

GMB union members want the e-commerce giant to raise its minimum wage to 15 pounds, or $18.56, per hour.

Defending Democracy: A New Approach for Apparel Industry Supply Chains

New policies are needed to incentivize how U.S. corporations engage with trade unions and NGOs across the…

‘Difficult to Live’: Sri Lanka Port Workers Join National Strike

Around 2,000 workers at the Port of Colombo joined protests over soaring living costs and tax hikes levied by…

Bernie Sanders Attacks ‘Record-Breaking’ Rail Profits in Paid Sick-Time Plea

CSX became the first major rail provider to give some employees four days of paid annual sick leave when it…

Contract Negotiations Begin for East, Gulf Coast Ports

Unions across 36 ports from Maine to Texas opened talks with local employers ahead of the current deal's…

Amazon UK Warehouse Workers Stage First-Ever Strike

Roughly 300 employees in an England fulfillment center walked out in protest early Wednesday amid perceived…

Amazon, REI and the State of the Union

Recent developments involving Amazon and REI illustrate growing momentum in collective bargaining and labor…

Judge to Amazon: Stop Reckless Firings

A judge ordered the e-comm giant to stop firing workers over their union activities but didn't require Amazon…