TechImpact

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Image courtesy of Alabama A&M University. Nonprofits need to contact donors, constituents, and volunteers from around the nation, and in some cases the globe, without the fear of that phone call costing them an inordinate amount of cash. Let’s get right down to it. Unlimited international calling.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2020

Alabama launched a closed pilot for its own exposure notification app, called GuideSafe, this week. It’s part of the state’s return-to-campus plans, said University of Alabama at Birmingham president Ray Watts. Alabama, South Carolina, and North Dakota each had projects in development in May.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Alabama is developing an app in connection with a team from the University of Alabama, while the Medical University of South Carolina is heading up a similar project in collaboration with the state’s health agency. Doug Burgum said in a statement, “which are critical to getting communities and economies back up and running.”.

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VisionLink

APRIL 23, 2012

TAConnecT is a source of neutral information relevant to a major, nation-wide federal program designed to improve community college education. We really appreciate the input from community college leaders from Ohio, Alabama, and Illinois--and we look forward to implementing their suggestions.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

An initial assessment from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama hold a new election to determine whether to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 25, 2021

Audio social platform Clubhouse is partnering with the National Football League for some exclusive programming during the upcoming NFL draft, the company announced Sunday. Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images. This is the first sports partnership for Clubhouse.

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VisionLink

MAY 2, 2011

The National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster have engaged (and we are standing up a site for their work in Alabama), as are the members of the Coordinated Assistance Network. Relief agencies such as the American Red Cross are responding with significant resources. They depend on donations, which you can contribute here.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered a new election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama site, a tentative victory for organizers who had sought to unionize workers at the company’s fulfillment locations. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined in January that unionization efforts at the facility had “reached a sufficient showing of interest” to hold an election. Unlike the Bessemer unionization effort, the ALU is not affiliated with a national union or larger organization. The facility employs roughly 5,000 people.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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The Verge

APRIL 7, 2022

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (or RWDSU) has filed objections against Amazon to the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the company has again interfered with its election in Bessemer, Alabama ( via CNBC ). . | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Amazon has reached a nationwide settlement for six National Labor Relations Board cases, agreeing to notify workers of their rights and let workers organize on company property outside of their shift time. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Workers at a second Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York City have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to join a union, according to the Amazon Labor Union. Amazon warehouse workers petition to unionize | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama held their second union vote | Patrick T. The votes for the union drive at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been counted, but the final result is so close that it will depend on a court hearing yet to come. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2022

Equal Pay Day is a symbolic day created by the National Committee on Pay Equity to increase awareness about the gender wage gap. Specifically, this day marks how far into the year a woman must work to receive the same wage that a man received the previous year. This year, U.S. Equal Pay Day landed on March 15, meaning that women in the U.S.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 5, 2022

Make sure to tune in early and catch Cloud for Good’s Pre-Keynote Commercial featuring some of our incredible customers, like Harvard Radcliffe, Indiana University Foundation and Alumni Association, Western Michigan University, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Summit Awards. Wednesday, April 20 | 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm PT.

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

A union vote in a Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse was too close to call and will be determined by a court hearing — it was the second election after the National Labor Relations Board said Amazon broke labor laws during the first. Meanwhile, the union vote at another Staten Island warehouse is currently underway.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board is preparing to issue a complaint against Amazon alleging the company illegally fired a worker at one of its New York warehouses, unless the company settles the case first. At issue is whether Daequan Smith, an organizer with the newly-formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU), was fired for trying to organize.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Online sales gave Gee’s Bend quilters control over their work Quilts made by generations of women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have hung in the Met, the Whitney, and the Smithsonian Museum of Art. Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole. They’ve been shown at galleries and art fairs around the world. Photo by Stacy K. Allen for Nest.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

The second union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will begin on February 4th, according to a notice posted Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which you can read below. The NLRB said Amazon broke labor laws in the original election. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

” Barb says she thought it was great that they might raise some money and some visibility on Facebook, but never in a million years did they anticipate that the fundraiser would transform into a global event.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

Amazon presents a massive threat to working-class communities and good jobs in the logistics industry,” said Randy Korgan, national director of the Amazon Project, in a statement. We’ve been working on this for quite some time—well before Bessemer broke out,” he said, referring to the recent union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

National hotlines If voters can't get to a computer, national hotlines can be a great catch-all. For sample ballots, voters should contact local election offices for paper versions, and most states have them on their website or built into their own lookup tools ( an example from Alabama ).

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Garner, a town located near Raleigh, voted against joining a grassroots labor organization called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, the National Labor Relations Board announced Saturday.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 19, 2015

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 9, 2019

As previously reported by NPQ , local nonprofit news sources have struggled to attract foundation and big donor dollars, which are concentrated on a few larger national organizations. Their next launches will be in Massachusetts and Alabama this year.—Julie Julie Euber.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

According to CNBC , the LDJ5 vote will be in person, and the National Labor Relations Board will tally the results beginning May 2nd. The NLRB also found that Amazon interfered with a union election last year in Bessemer, Alabama , which led to it ordering a do-over. It’s been a long road to this election for workers at LDJ5.

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2022

Amazon employees at the Staten Island LDJ5 warehouse have reportedly gotten the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) permission to continue with unionization efforts, according to the Amazon Labor Union , after the workers filed a petition to unionize in February. Two other Amazon warehouses are involved in union elections.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

Amazon has officially filed its objections to the Amazon Labor Union’s win in Staten Island , New York, and is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to order a new election. The NLRB is an independent federal agency that Congress has charged with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. While the National Labor Relations Act is supposed to protect workers’ rights to organize, companies rarely face significant consequences for union busting. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is moving forward with unionization efforts at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse after having “reached a sufficient showing of interest” to hold an election, according to National Labor Relations Board spokesperson Kayla Blado. THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING!!

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

Amazon workers claim they weren’t all properly alerted as what they thought was smoke filled the third floor at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse on Friday, according to a report from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) (via Input ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

The effort comes on the heels of a bitter defeat for Amazon organizers in Alabama. The Amazon Labor Union isn’t affiliated with a national group like the RWDSU, which could complicate the high-stakes unionizing effort. In total, the warehouse employs roughly 5,000 workers. The union could present the cards to Amazon as early as June.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Amazon has settled a dispute with two workers that the National Labor Relations Board said were fired for their activism. Amazon faces many more NLRB complaints , and the NLRB issued a preliminary assessment in August that the company illegally interfered with the highly publicized warehouse union drive in Bessemer, Alabama.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, have refiled a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado confirmed to The Verge. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Amazon, alleging that the company illegally threatened, surveilled, and interrogated workers who were trying to start a union at its Staten Island, New York facilities. The Amazon Labor Union recently announced it would be holding an election.

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

He made repeated references to how Amazon representatives called them inarticulate “thugs,” behavior that was cited in a lawsuit from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB ). Unlike Alabama, New York has a strong union tradition that many of the workers were likely familiar with, said James Williams, Jr.,

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