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A socialist politician has criticised the destruction of traditional stores and the ’19th-century’ working conditions of Amazon.

According to recently released documents from the National Labor Releations Board (NLRB), tech giant Google ran a secret anti-union campaign called “Project Vivian,” between 2018 and 2020 to convince employees that “unions suck.”o

Democrat National Committee (DNC) employees voted to unionize after getting over two-thirds of eligible staff members to sign union cards, making the vote official on Tuesday, according to Business Insider.

2021 was the year Communist China smashed the dream of freedom and democracy in Hong Kong, with only modest opposition from the civilized world.

Megan Barth, editor-in-chief of the Nevada Globe, said Republicans have a “wide-open shot” in Nevada given the “far-left” hijacking of the state.

American Airlines continued their days-long trend of canceling flights with another 250 on Monday morning, according to a CNN report.

A labor union is struggling to clear backlogged ports in California because too few cranes are available to move containers from ships to trucks, Business Insider reported Thursday. Yet the labor union, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), has opposed upgrading port technology to improve efficiency.

Italian trade unions have criticised the country’s vaccine passport, saying it will force unvaccinated union members to pay money to go to work.

A labor union is opposing seaports’ ability to quickly and efficiently move containers from ships to trucks, further compounding the supply chain crisis that is impacting American families and workers across the nation, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. 

The city of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday filed a police complaint against members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) for holding an illegal demonstration that violated coronavirus social distancing policies.

The one-time failed Democrat presidential candidate and Senate candidate for Ohio, Rep. Tim Ryan’s (D-OH) senate campaign, is reportedly unionizing.

Hollywood celebrities from Seth Rogen to Ben Stiller have voiced support for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) as the major union prepares to potentially strike should they fail to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

A potential Hollywood labor strike is threatening to shut down movie and TV production across the country as crew members and post-production workers demand greater contract concessions from the studios, which have so far refused to meet their ultimatum.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed farm workers to vote by mail in union elections. In response, the United Farm Workers (UFW) will march to the French Laundry restaurant in protest.

Twitter briefly removed Danny DeVito’s blue-check verification after the Hollywood star tweeted his solidarity with a labor strike at Nabisco, according to multiple reports.

The president said that Trumka died during a camping trip with his grandsons. He reportedly had a heart attack.

One of the biggest showbiz unions with more than 150,000 members in Hollywood and on Broadway is going woke by embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reportedly found that e-commerce giant Amazon unlawfully confiscated union literature from workers. 

In April, workers at Amazon’s Alabama warehouse voted against forming a union. Now, the National Labor Relations Board has reportedly determined that Amazon violated labor laws to prevent workers from unionizing.

Connecticut’s public sector unions say any potential state mandates for coronavirus vaccinations must be negotiated at the bargaining table.

The American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents more than 200,000 United States Postal Service employees and retirees and nearly 2,000 private-sector mail workers, on Wednesday expressed concern over the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal workers.

Coal miners from across Alabama, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania protested outside the Wall Street firms like BlackRock, the biggest shareholder in Warrior Met Coal, on Wednesday in a fight for better union contracts.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who is running for governor again, took in more than $2 million in campaign donations from unions after publicly expressing support for pro-union policies, including repealing Virginia’s right to work protections.

A former staffer at the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, recently published a statement accusing high-level Foundation managers of workplace bullying based on his autism. Earlier this month, other former staff came forward with similar allegations of mistreatment by Foundation management. Some alleged they were subject to retaliation after complaining of the treatment with one suggesting it was tied to his union organizing activities.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a California regulation forcing agricultural owners to allow union organizers to operate on private land, holding the regulation is an unconstitutional right to “physically invade” private property without compensation.

TC Energy, the Canadian company that launched the Keystone XL pipeline, formally terminated the project Wednesday, more than four months after President Joe Biden canceled its permit on his first day in office.

The Biden administration has been requesting that union bosses, after being appointed to top administration positions, be excluded from ethics rules that bar them from being lobbied by their former union.

CLAIM: President Joe Biden’s green jobs agenda “will create millions of good-paying jobs that “Americans can raise their families on.”

VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Biden’s American Jobs Plan threatens American union jobs and the wages of millions of energy workers, union representatives have repeatedly said.

The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union has reportedly filed challenges over the unsuccessful union vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, alleging that the company violated legal restrictions.

President Joe Biden marked his 5oth day in office on March 10, keeping his promise of establishing a progressive body of government while repealing critical components of former President Trump’s “America First” agenda.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger voted Tuesday against a motion that would have blocked labor unions from encouraging illegal aliens to join labor unions. Spanberger voted in favor of this motion last year.

President Joe Biden backtracked on his agenda, which promises 100 percent clean energy by 2035, telling the United Association General, “I’m all for natural gas.”

A high-ranking Philadelphia union leader was arrested by federal agents Wednesday morning and is being accused of extortion.

Amazon workers in Alabama are preparing to vote on whether not to become the company’s first unionized facility in the United States. Ballots are being sent out today to 5,800 warehouse workers to decide if they will join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.

NFL players have endorsed Amazon warehouse workers’ union drive at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The players released a video where they talked about how unionizing can improve wages, benefits, and working conditions at Amazon.

Google workers across the world are reportedly forming a global union alliance called “Alpha Global” with the goal of holding Google and parent company Alphabet accountable.