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La primera vez que Yuris Reyes pidió compensación por enfermedad, se la negaron. “Mis jefes me dijeron que la compensación por enfermedad era solo para los gerentes y no algo a lo que yo tenía derecho”, dice la trabajadora de un restaurante de Filadelfia.

Eso no le pareció a Yuris, quien forma parte del Comité de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante (the Restaurant Workers Committee) un grupo de defensa local. Ella presentó una queja anónima sobre su empleador ante la ciudad de Filadelfia, que tiene una ley de compensación por enfermedad en las leyes desde 2015.

La primera vez que Yuris Reyes pidió compensación por enfermedad, se la negaron. “Mis jefes me dijeron que la compensación por enfermedad era solo para los gerentes y no algo a lo que yo tenía derecho”, dice la trabajadora de un restaurante de Filadelfia.

Eso no le pareció a Yuris, quien forma parte del Comité de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante (the Restaurant Workers Committee) un grupo de defensa local. Ella presentó una queja anónima sobre su empleador ante la ciudad de Filadelfia, que tiene una ley de compensación por enfermedad en las leyes desde 2015.

At the end of 2017, Amazon opened its first warehouse in Australia. The company’s reputation loomed large—it was clear that the monolith would reshape the landscape here.

While the union movement in Australia still represents the largest voluntary grouping of people in the country, membership (and our confidence) is at an all-time low.

Elsewhere, outside of the odd wildcat strike, Amazon had seen nothing in the way of successful unionization efforts—attempts at formal organization had never gotten past a low hum, anywhere on the planet.

At the end of 2017, Amazon opened its first warehouse in Australia. The company’s reputation loomed large—it was clear that the monolith would reshape the landscape here.

While the union movement in Australia still represents the largest voluntary grouping of people in the country, membership (and our confidence) is at an all-time low.

Elsewhere, outside of the odd wildcat strike, Amazon had seen nothing in the way of successful unionization efforts—attempts at formal organization had never gotten past a low hum, anywhere on the planet.

If your union goes into negotiations right now and doesn’t win its biggest raise ever, you’re leaving money on the table.

Soaring inflation means it takes a bigger raise just to break even. And with unemployment low, labor has extra leverage to win more.

Dining hall workers at Northeastern University in Boston just approved a new contract that will raise them to $30 an hour by 2026—triple the $9 they were making in 2012 before they unionized.

If your union goes into negotiations right now and doesn’t win its biggest raise ever, you’re leaving money on the table.

Soaring inflation means it takes a bigger raise just to break even. And with unemployment low, labor has extra leverage to win more.

Dining hall workers at Northeastern University in Boston just approved a new contract that will raise them to $30 an hour by 2026—triple the $9 they were making in 2012 before they unionized.