Us unions articles
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Union Pacific Undermined Regulators’ Efforts to Assess Safety, US Agency Says
Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government’s efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined, federal regulators say. The meddling was so widespread across Union Pacific’s 23-state network that the Federal Railroad Administration […]
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Amazon CEO broke US law with anti-union comments, judge rules
Andy Jassy said employees in a union would ‘find it harder to get things done quickly and would be better off’ without oneA federal administrative law judge ruled that the the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago.Jassy said in 2022 that unions make workplaces “much slower” and “more bureaucratic”. Continue reading
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US union members see record pay raises, outpacing nonunion workers
Unionized workers in the US saw record raises, while nonunion workers’ pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months.