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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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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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. For the last two years, I’ve calculated Equal Pay Day for CEOs and executive directors in the social sector, based on Candid’s most recent Nonprofit Compensation Report. This year, U.S. 111,948.00.

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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

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.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

News of the campaign was first reported by Motherboard. 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.

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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

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. There are two other Amazon facilities involved in union elections.

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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

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. If RWDSU is successful, there would likely be another election, Bloomberg reports. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Things are not over,” says Veena Dubal, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

Workers at Amazon’s LDJ5 facility in Staten Island in New York City will be voting on whether to unionize with the Amazon Labor Union starting April 25th, according to a report from CNBC. According to CNBC , the LDJ5 vote will be in person, and the National Labor Relations Board will tally the results beginning May 2nd.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On a clear day, you can see forever : Frederic reports on LatticeFlow’s latest funding round, $12 million, that it will use to eliminate computer vision blind spots. Square peg, Southeast Asia–shaped hole : Square Peg Capital closes $550 million fund for Southeast Asia, Australia and Israel, Catherine reports. Startups and VC.

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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

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. Workers also staged a “lunchtime walkout” in an attempt to get Amazon to recognize the union, according to a report from CNBC.

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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

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. Motherboard reports that an Amazon spokesperson denied the allegations.

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found merit to the claim that Amazon threatened and retaliated against workers protesting the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an NLRB complaint obtained by Motherboard. The news comes amid a historic union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting. Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. We’re issuing more reports.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. Wallace’s comments came during a National Labor Relations Board hearing, where the union is contesting the results of the election it lost in early April. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As one volunteer manager in a human services organization in Alabama put it, remote technology like social media gives you an “audience that doesn’t have limits.” With technology solutions, organizations were able to reach volunteers and clients who lived too far away or had other mobility issues.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2021

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama , have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. The vote is taking place at an Amazon warehouse called BHM1 in Bessemer, Alabama, outside Birmingham. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Here is what’s happened so far and what might happen next.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon is trying to delay a union vote in Bessemer, Alabama, appealing a US labor board decision to allow 6,000 warehouse workers to vote by mail on unionization. The company is arguing for the election to be held in person, according to documents filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Thursday.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 8, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. This report, called a “partner paper,” examines how different states have weathered the economic recession from 2006 to 2010.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oats and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers. Staley has become a style icon in the last few years as her team has won two of the last three national titles.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

The alarming forecast was one of the first big tests for the National Weather Service after hundreds of forecasters were fired last week as part of President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the size of the federal government. Cities under threat included Baton Rouge and Shreveport in Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The grocery chain with a progressive reputation filed six objections with the National Labor Relations Board after workers voted 48 to 36 to join Trader Joes United, an independent union. Catherine Creighton is a former National Labor Relations Board attorney now at Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

Last month, it picked a losing fight with Congress over the unionization efforts at its Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center. If you read some of the news reports, you might think we have no care for employees. In those reports, our employees are sometimes accused of being desperate souls and treated as robots.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Trump administration is seeking $175 billion from Congress to use for the next four years on immigration enforcement, Axios reported on February 11, 2025. National estimates of the restaurant and food preparation workforce, meanwhile, indicate that between 10% and 15% of those workers are immigrants living in the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Zeldin called it the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen. Alabamas was the first application for a state-run coal ash program that the EPA has denied; so far , only Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma have been approved. The EPA now intends to align the agencys enforcement priorities with President Trumps executive orders.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

Shes also a 2020 MacArthur Fellow for environmental health advocacy and, in 2011, worked with the United Nations special rapporteur to expose environmental injustices in Lowndes County, Alabama, where she grew up, and across the southern U.S. I think about Alabama. Last week, U.S. Appalachia. I think about Appalachia.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The Democratic and Republican national committees have now both told staffers not to install the app on their phones for fear that TikTok could be sending back unspecified data to the Chinese government. Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to the US election , Kurt Wagner reports at Bloomberg.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For now, Priesters will have to stick to its famous pecans in Fort Payne, Alabama. Priesters Pecans, an Alabama staple, is one of more than half a dozen sites across the state slated to receive millions of dollars in federal funding to expand access to chargers for electric vehicles. But maybe not for long. But in a Feb.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Saturday night, James Spann was winding down his ninth hour of live news coverage of a deadly storm system that spawned 16 suspected tornadoes across central Alabama. The National Weather Service in Birmingham has confirmed at least nine tornadoes touched down in central Alabama, with damage surveys still underway.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We had leadership with the National Basketball Players Association, the NBPA. It’s being decimated, but there’s still only three national carriers. We’re marketing nationally, globally, and we’re convincing these customers. And there’s still hookworm epidemics in Alabama and Texas and other places. Oh, you live in Dallas?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Produce in Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia is also on the list. You need both hands to clap,” efovi told reporters at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. imports, saying “we will keep all options on the table and won’t hesitate to respond in the national interest.” ” “As the U.S.

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