Tag: Workplace Hazards and Violations
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…
Lawsuit Accuses Google of Bias Against Black Employees
A former employee at Google sued the company on Friday, claiming it systematically discriminated against Black workers by…
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…
Steelers Hire Brian Flores as an Assistant Amid His N.F.L. Lawsuit
The Giants called Flores’s claims “disturbing and simply false,” saying they had “concrete and objective evidence” that the…
Japan’s Unions ‘Are Built Around Men.’ Can a Female Leader Change That?
TOKYO — Women have never found a welcoming home in Japan’s labor unions. Sexism is entrenched. Problems like…
Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
In 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a summary of an investigation into these practices at IBM,…
Why a Diversity and Equity Group Took Black History Month Off
Rhonda Broussard spent two decades performing with West African dance groups in her free time. She would wait…
Turkey’s Doctors Are Leaving, the Latest Casualty of Spiraling Inflation
ISTANBUL — Anxiety rose after an assistant doctor died last fall when she plowed her car into the…
How Businesses in Texas and Florida Wrestle With States’ Vaccine Backlash
The Biden administration’s attempt to impose a sweeping vaccine rule for private employers last year was met with…
Sarah Palin Recently Dined Indoors in NYC While Unvaccinated
Sarah Palin, who is not vaccinated against the coronavirus, dined indoors Saturday night at Elio’s, an Italian restaurant…
Racial Turmoil Mars Signs of Progress at the U.S. Mint
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint celebrated a milestone this month when it announced the first shipment of…