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Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls was ‘choked and kicked’ after aid ship trying to reach Gaza was intercepted

Whistleblowers – people who expose wrongdoing within their organizations – play a crucial role in holding governments and corporations accountable. But speaking up can come at a cost. People who report misconduct often face retaliation, job loss or legal threats, making whistleblowing risky and challenging. And when legal protections for…

When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff Bezos is — and often criticize him.

Chris Smalls tells Salon why he won't let one of the world's richest men stop his pursuit of workers' rights

Formation of a labour union at e-commerce behemoth Amazon was assumed to be next to impossible, until the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) pulled off just that at the company’s major warehouse at Staten Island in the U.S. in April 2022, with a majority of the workers voting ‘yes’ for the…

A year after a ‘historic’ victory in Staten Island, New York, hope for a wave of union victories is looking less momentous

Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

Chris Smalls, who set up the retailer’s first union in New York, came to Coventry to back its workers in their pay dispute

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.