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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:58 PM Apr 2020

Fired in a Pandemic 'Because We Tried to Start a Union,' Workers Say

Truck drivers and warehouse workers at Cort Furniture Rental in New Jersey had spent months trying to unionize in the hopes of securing higher wages and better benefits. By early this year, they thought they were on the cusp of success.

But when the coronavirus arrived, Cort, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, laid off its truck drivers and replaced them with contractors, workers said. The union-organizing plans were dashed.

“They fired us because we tried to start a union,” said Julio Perez, who worked in Cort’s warehouse in North Bergen, N.J.

As American companies lay off millions of workers, some appear to be taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to target workers who are in or hope to join unions, according to interviews with more than two dozen workers, labor activists and employment lawyers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fired-in-a-pandemic-because-we-tried-to-start-a-union-workers-say/ar-BB13j6N4?li=BBnb7Kz

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Fired in a Pandemic 'Because We Tried to Start a Union,' Workers Say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
Kick lunasun Apr 2020 #1
I think you are going to see a big increase in labor organizing after this mess. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #2

redstatebluegirl

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2. I think you are going to see a big increase in labor organizing after this mess.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:44 PM
Apr 2020

I hope they are successful! Not surprised what happened here. The nightmare for those who abuse workers would be Amazon workers organizing. You would see the rich business owners lose their minds!

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