The richest companies and people in America are pushing AI because a lot of their money is on the line. They’re telling the public that algorithms, chatbots, and automation will replace workers at historic levels in the next few years. THIS IS A THREAT TO WORKING PEOPLE. The unemployment rate for college grads is 5.6%, the highest level in more than a decade outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers are being told in the thousands that they’re being replaced by AI.  Companies implementing AI are inundating people with “workslop.” A recent report in the Harvard Business Review catalogues how subpar work output from AI (“workslop”) is actually destroying productivity. Companies need to stop lying to their workers about AI. Corporate executives need to stop making jobs harder for people because of AI, and making baseless claims about AI.  Sign the petition: Stop using AI as a pretext for cutting jobs and laying people off! Human workers cannot be replaced by AI.

Amazon’s union-busting is relentless. The Teamsters said the drivers in Kentucky “quietly organized” for more than a year to avoid Amazon’s anti-labor crackdown.  After thousands of Amazon workers voted to unionize in 2022 in New York City, Amazon unleashed a full court press of labor law violations to block contract negotiations. More than three years later, Amazon executives still won’t recognize the union that warehouse workers at the JFK8 facility in NYC voted for. Delivery drivers at DBK1 said the biggest issues are inconsistent scheduling, unrealistic delivery quotas and salaries that do not meet New York City’s cost-of-living. Workers also said that they are constantly worried about losing their jobs, citing former colleagues who have been fired for minor infractions. Amazon’s overwhelming corporate power has allowed it to get away with exploiting workers. The mega-corporation has spent millions on its union-busting campaigns. But workers have the power to fight back, and they’re showing that from New York to Kentucky and all across the country. We must join them today.   Sign the petition: Tell Amazon to end the union-busting! Recognize and bargain with unionized workers now.

This is important because it is a widespread problem, not only among this company but nearly every company in health care. Many people think they can just go to another job every time these things get to be too bad at one, but all that does is show these employers that they can violate our rights and just run us off. The cycle will then continue over and over as long as nobody wants to hold them accountable. This affects every employee AND the patients we take care of. ASC sees us as disposable, and no matter how good of an employee you are, they will turn on you as soon as they feel threatened. They don't want us speaking out about safety or our rights. Even if you feel like you don't have proof, write down dates when you are reprimanded for anything. Save all texts, write ups, etc. If you suddenly began getting in trouble for something that you were previously doing without issue, that can be evidence of possible retaliation. Other things that can prove retaliation are being reprimanded for things that other employees do without reprimand. Having witnesses can help prove this stuff as well.

Starbucks has committed more than 500 labor law violations and still has hundreds of unresolved unfair labor practice charges against the corporation. Instead of negotiating a contract to pay workers fairly, address rampant staffing issues that hurt workers, and improve working conditions, Starbucks has engaged in union-busting and continued paying its CEO over $90 million. “Our fight is about actually making Starbucks jobs the best jobs in retail. Right now, it’s only the best job in retail for Brian Niccol,” said Jasmine Leli, a 3-year Starbucks barista and strike captain from Buffalo, NY. More than 100 lawmakers, including Senator Bernie Sanders, have written to Starbucks executives urging them to resume contract negotiations with unionized workers. Investors have even expressed concerns about the path of Starbucks under Niccol given the store closures and poor treatment of Starbucks Workers United under his watch.  Starbucks Workers United are asking people not to cross their picket lines while they’re on strike in order to show executives that customers stand with workers! Sign the petition: Stand in solidarity with Starbucks Workers United. Don’t cross Starbucks picket lines!

Mother Jones documented the story of Genesis, an Amazon warehouse worker who was pregnant in 2024 when she brought in a doctor’s note saying that she needed to take regular breaks, limit bending and twisting, and lift no more than 20 pounds. Despite the doctor’s note, her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks. She said, “They basically told me you can keep doing your job the way we want you to do it without the chair or without the breaks or you can go on unpaid leave.” The NJ filing documents many such similar cases, like Amazon immediately placing a pregnant employee on unpaid leave after she requested using a wheelchair as an accommodation. Amazon told another employee that she was being placed on unpaid leave after her disability accommodation request was denied. There are clear laws in place that require companies to provide reasonable accommodations to workers and protect them from this type of discrimination and retaliation.  The New Jersey Attorney General said, “There is no excuse for Amazon’s shameful treatment of pregnant workers and workers with disabilities. Amazon’s egregious conduct has caused enormous damage to pregnant workers and workers with disabilities in our state, and it must stop now.” It’s important for us to support Amazon workers and use our collective power to hold ultra-rich executives accountable for the unfair treatment of workers. Sign the petition: Tell Amazon to end discriminatory practices against pregnant and disabled workers!

The massive ICE raid of a Hyundai and LG factory under construction in Georgia is another arm of this federal terror. DHS arrested hundreds of workers, imprisoning many mostly South Korean workers for a week and putting the future of the factory and the 8,500 jobs it could have created in jeopardy. If America’s largest corporations and their powerful CEOs don’t use their influence to protect workers, cities across the country may fall under military occupation and the utter state of fear felt by so many in D.C. Racial profiling in D.C. has surged during the troop deployment, as immigrant workers face outsized threats of arrest, imprisonment, and deportations. 40% of the arrests in D.C. have been immigration related. The fear imposed by the federal government has hurt the D.C. economy, threatened labor across the metro D.C. area, and halted important daily operations. The ICE raid in Georgia harmed workers at the Hyundai-LG site AND threatened future jobs. Is that what powerful CEOs and America’s largest corporations want to see replicated in city after city?   America’s Fortune 500 companies and all U.S. employers must use their power now to end the militarization of America. Sign the petition: Protect the safety and well-being of workers, and free all workers from domestic military occupation!

Millie Lugo isn’t alone; her experience is representative of a larger trend at Trader Joe’s. Workers are losing their jobs with at an increased rate, through a disciplinary system that is neither transparent nor consistently applied. On May Day of 2025, founding Union president Jamie Edwards was fired in their Massachusetts Trader Joe’s after facing relentless retaliatory targeting by management. That was not an accident, it was a warning. Discussing workplace issues are clearly protected activities under the NLRA, no worker deserves to face repercussions for simply voicing concerns in the workplace. Workers need to stand together against unfairness, targeting and bullying we see at Essex Crossing and beyond. 

Wage theft, in the form of unpaid overtime and/or through other illegal time tracking/docking mechanisms is a frequent problem in the restaurant, construction, and services industries.   The Building Justice committee is organized by worker leaders in the Greater Boston Area to combat wage theft and secure the rights of all workers.  Business owners like Tao Chen, franchise operator of bb.q Chicken, must be held accountable. Our community stands against all forms of wage theft and worker exploitation and will support any group of workers experiencing workplace violations.

On-call managers keep our agencies running during nights, weekends, and emergencies — but the current system is unsustainable. We are expected to sacrifice sleep, family time, and even basic needs like cooking, showering, and childcare while earning pay that doesn’t reflect the responsibility we carry. In some cases, offices warn managers to only cover their own branch, yet the compensation (around $10,000 per office annually) is not enough to justify tying up an entire manager’s nights and weekends. By signing this petition, you are standing for: - Fair pay models that combine a flat stipend with hourly pay for active work - Answering service support to filter non-urgent calls overnight - Standardized handoff reports, app use, and transparency with aides/families - Optional scheduling models (split shifts, weekday/weekend rotations) that reduce burnout - Proper introductions so managers are integrated with the staff and offices they support This is about fairness, respect, and health. Managers deserve the ability to rest, care for their families, and live normal lives while continuing to provide high-quality support. Together, we can push for changes that protect both workers and clients.

I wanted to take a moment to share why I believe unionizing is not only important—but necessary—right now. The reality is: we’re overworked, under-supported, and being treated as if we’re replaceable. Burnout is through the roof. Communication from leadership is unclear, policies change without warning, and management rarely takes responsibility when things go wrong. We’re left to carry the weight, while our voices go unheard. That’s exactly why a union matters. Unionizing gives us a collective voice—one that management can’t ignore. It allows us to negotiate fair wages, reasonable workloads, and better benefits. It protects us from retaliation, arbitrary discipline, and being left in the dark when decisions are made about our jobs. It’s a way to level the playing field, so we’re not just surviving—we’re finally being respected. We deserve job security. We deserve clarity. We deserve dignity at work.

ICE sweeping through neighborhoods across the country are making immigrants, those who are undocumented and those with legal status, afraid to go to work. Deportations are tearing families apart and having a serious, negative impact on labor in America and the U.S. economy. Critical sectors are losing workers. Wages in key industries are falling. If carried to completion, mass deportations will destroy millions of jobs for both immigrants and U.S.-born workers. Job losses will impact every state, every community, every family, every worker, and the entire U.S. economy. Employers large and small need to take a stand for immigrant workers and the entire labor force. Sign the petition: Call on U.S. employers to protect workers and stand against the violent immigration crackdown.

💥 Why This Is So Important The job market is not a level playing field — especially for people who are marginalized by race, gender identity, sexuality, class, disability, age, or nontraditional work history. What makes this worse is that companies are now hiding behind artificial intelligence and algorithmic screening tools to excuse or even automate that bias. When you’re job hunting and keep getting ghosted, rejected instantly, or filtered out before a human even looks at your name — that’s not just frustrating. It’s dehumanizing. And it’s by design. ⚠️ The Truth About AI in Hiring Companies are increasingly using tools like: • AI resume screeners • Chatbot interviews • Voice and video emotion analysis • Cultural fit prediction software • Automated reference checkers • AI-written rejection emails These tools are marketed as “efficient” and “unbiased.” But the reality? 🔎 AI replicates the  exact same patterns of discrimination we see in human systems — only faster, at greater scale, and without accountability. Here’s what’s really happening: 🔒 1. Black box screening = no transparency You can apply to hundreds of jobs and never know why you were rejected — because the algorithm decided you’re “not a fit.” There’s no feedback, no appeal, and no clarity. It’s a digital wall. 🧬 2. AI learns bias from past discrimination If a company historically hires mostly white men from Ivy League schools, guess what the AI is trained to look for? More of them. It flags “nontraditional” resumes, gaps in employment, different-sounding names, or people who don’t follow conventional career paths. Even if you’re brilliant — the algorithm can’t see that. It can only see what has already been rewarded. 😶 3. Companies can dodge accountability HR departments can claim: “It wasn’t us, it was the algorithm.” But they’re the ones buying, implementing, and feeding data to these tools. Using AI doesn’t eliminate bias — it just gives companies plausible deniability while quietly maintaining the status quo. 📉 4. Human expertise is being replaced with automation Instead of trained recruiters who understand context, empathy, and potential — job applicants are being filtered by machine logic that can’t recognize growth, grit, or nuance. People become data points, not individuals. 🧪 5. People are being experimented on without consent Many AI tools haven’t been tested rigorously or ethically. Applicants aren’t told they’re being scored on their facial expressions, tone of voice, or social media presence. That’s surveillance — not recruitment. 🧨 6. Marginalized people get hit hardest If you’re: • Black or Brown • Trans or gender nonconforming • Neurodivergent • Disabled (especially if your voice or mannerisms don’t conform) • Low-income or have job gaps  You’re way more likely to be flagged, filtered out, or erased. That’s not innovation — it’s discrimination dressed up as tech. 🧭 This Is Bigger Than Jobs — It’s About Power AI is being used to systematically erase people from opportunity — and because the process is invisible, it’s hard to fight back This campaign is about forcing transparency. It’s about putting real human beings back at the center of the hiring process. And it’s about demanding justice in the systems that claim to offer opportunity. You’re not just “complaining.” You’re doing what so many can’t — calling it out by name.