[IER] Amazon union victory under threat

[Christopher Boyle]

News brief - 14/04/22                                                                           View this email in your browser <https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5dc097252b>

Amazon union victory under threat

A historic victory was won across the pond on the 1st of April, with Amazon workers in New York voting to form a union, the Amazon Labor Union.

Amazon is now seeking to re-run the election; the global conglomerate has listed 25 objections to the vote, accusing the Amazon Labour Union of intimidating workers to vote for the union and for distributing cannabis to workers as an incentive to join up.

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 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/amazon-union-victory-under-threat/>

What the UK could learn from New Zealand’s planned labour laws
Jacinda Ardern’s Government has introduced legislation to enable industry-wide collective bargaining.

-Tony Burke on New Zealand’s planned labour law changes. 

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 <https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/what-the-uk-could-learn-from-new-zealands-planned-labour-laws/>

Frances O’Grady to stand down as TUC General Secretary at end of 2022
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has announced her decision to retire at the end of the year.

Read more
 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/frances-ogrady-to-stand-down-as-tuc-general-secretary-at-end-of-2022/>

P&O Ferries Discussion: a roundtable on seafarers, industrial relations and the law (video)
Watch a roundtable discussion on the legal and industrial relations implications of the mass sackings by P&O Ferries.

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 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shdqto__6WA>
 <https://www.ier.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/IER.AdvertisingSheet.V7.Feb21.pdf>
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