Things aren’t going so well for Amazon in Germany. Two months ago, the Seattle online giant cut ties with a Germany security firm amid an uproar in the country over allegations that security guards mistreated the company’s foreign temporary workers. Now, it appears that warehouse workers in Germany are set to strike after trade union Verdi demanded better… Read More…
The Seattle Art Museum is known for its 48-foot tall Hammering Man, an outdoor sculpture that greets visitors and — in the words of the artist — is meant to portray the “worker in all of us.” So, it wasn’t lost on us Tuesday night when the labor group Working Washington, and an affiliate group… Read More…
Amazon.com could face some scrutiny tonight as City of Seattle design officials consider the company’s planned expansion near downtown. The pro-labor group Working Washington – a critic of the conditions in Amazon.com’s fulfillment centers as well as the company’s stance on taxes — said it plans to raise issues at the meeting about the company’s… Read More…
Billionaire Paul Allen has a lot of interests, from music to megayachts to mansions to mapping mouse brains. Now, can we add labor negotiator to the list? A story by Howard Beck of The New York Times notes that talks between the NBA owners and the players’ union broke down Thursday after the Microsoft co-founder reportedly… Read More…
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