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The Amazon union vote is being appealed, and the hearing begins today

The Verge

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. The news kicks off with an appeals hearing where the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) will contest the results of the election. But experts say the election was always going to be hotly contested.

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As Trump makes legal labor action more difficult with labor board cuts, some workers are considering other options

Fast Company Tech

Catherine Creighton is a former National Labor Relations Board attorney now at Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Wilcox has since filed a lawsuit contesting her firing, arguing that it violated some of the very labor laws she previously enforced.) Why go into enemy territory?

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Climate laws at the state level could now be in the DOJ’s crosshairs. Here’s why

Fast Company Tech

Michael Gerrard, director of the Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, said it would be an “extraordinarily bold move” for the federal government to go to court to try to overturn a state climate law. Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a couple climate-themed lawsuits.

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