Tag: Staten Island (NYC)
Staten Island Cricket Club Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary
The moment that Nancy Johnson saw the gentlemen in white throwing and batting on the thin, sandy pitch…
Rudy Giuliani Smacked on Back While Campaigning on Staten Island
A grocery store worker on Staten Island was arrested on Sunday after smacking Rudolph W. Giuliani on the…
NLRB Finds Merit in Union Accusations Against Amazon and Starbucks
In a sign that federal labor officials are closely scrutinizing management behavior during union campaigns, the National Labor…
Amazon Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Staten Island Warehouse
After Amazon employees at a massive warehouse on Staten Island scored an upset union victory last month, it…
Amazon Union Loses Vote at Second Staten Island Warehouse
The growing labor organizing efforts at Amazon were dealt a blow on Monday when workers voted by a…
Amazon Union Success May Point to a New Labor Playbook
The critics typically acknowledge that the campaigns helped galvanize support for higher wages even if they fell short…
How Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer Beat Amazon
In the first dark days of the pandemic, as an Amazon worker named Christian Smalls planned a small,…
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize
It was a union organizing campaign that few expected to have a chance. A handful of employees at…
NLRB Sues Amazon Over Labor Practices at a Staten Island Facility
The National Labor Relations Board sued Amazon in federal court on Thursday, asking a judge to force the…
‘Nothing in Common’: Staten Island, Park Slope and an Unlikely Marriage
“Had we sought out people that voted the same way in order to keep them together, that would…
Is the Coronavirus in Your Backyard?
There are many theories, none entirely satisfying. An infectious hunter might encounter a deer, Dr. Mubareka noted, but…