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Omaha Steve

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Mon Oct 30, 2023, 05:01 PM Oct 2023

Labor News & Commentary October 25, 2023 part 2


https://onlabor.org/october-25-2023-2/

By Linh Tang

Linh is a student at Harvard Law School.

Organized labor has always been an international project. Last month, 13,000 South Korean rail workers launched their first strike in four years, seeking improved pay and working conditions. The railway union also requested expanding public railroads to increase profitability and full implementation of a work schedule that allows for more break time. Yesterday in Iceland, the prime minister joined tens of thousands of other women on a nationwide walkout to call attention to the country’s remaining gender inequalities, including the gender pay gap, gender-based violence, and the disproportionate burden of unpaid home labor. The strike, known as “Kvennafri” or “Women’s Day Off,” drew demonstrations across the island, with tens of thousands joining in central Reykjavik.

A new national study, published today by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development, found that two-thirds of Amazon workers surveyed by researchers had taken unpaid time off to recover from work-related injuries and exhaustion. Beth Gutelius, director of the research center and an expert on logistics and warehouse work, said that the new data suggests “injury and pain at Amazon are far more widespread” than previously understood. 60% of surveyed workers also report experiencing more workplace monitoring at Amazon than at their previous jobs, further highlighting that this widespread health toll is not coincidental given Amazon’s designed processes, including extensive monitoring and systemic pressure for an ever more rapid work pace.

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