Ruben Garcia In The News

Yahoo!
Amazon is facing more official scrutiny over its actions leading up to a mail-ballot election this spring on whether workers at its Bessemer, Ala., facility could join a union. But a potential redo election could still face significant procedural and practical obstacles, labor experts said.
WWD
Amazon is facing more official scrutiny over its actions leading up to a mail-ballot election this spring on whether workers at its Bessemer, Ala., facility could join a union. But a potential redo election could still face significant procedural and practical obstacles, labor experts said.
Nevada Current
Station Casinos, which has fought to keep the Culinary union out of its multiple Southern Nevada neighborhood properties for over a decade—one of just a few major holdouts in the Las Vegas hospitality industry—will, again, be called to court to defend their labor practices next month.
Washington Monthly
Last week, Republicans in Congress successfully stopped legislation designed to reform federal elections and protect the right to vote.
N.P.R.
Virginia has one of the lowest union membership rates of any state. In 2020, only 4.4% of Virginia workers were union members, fifth lowest in the nation. But unions have a long history in the commonwealth, flourishing around the turn of the 20th century in industrial Richmond and the coalfields of the Southwest before union density began to fall in the 1950s.
Las Vegas Review Journal
It took months of research, development, clinical trials, and manufacturing and logistic challenges. But the next hurdle in containing COVID-19’s spread will be convincing a large swath of the U.S. population to get vaccinated.
Nevada Current
A coalition of labor unions is pushing Clark County to introduce an ordinance requiring businesses to rehire furloughed or laid-off employees based on seniority — regardless of whether those workers are represented by a union.
Huffington Post
Tim Baer has no idea when he’ll return to work ― or whether he can keep his family safe and healthy when he does.