Following a round of layoffs, employees of the digital media company Buzzfeed are working to establish a union with NewsGuide of New York. More than 200 people were let go from the company in January. In doing so, Buzzfeed joined several other digital media companies, including HuffPost, AOL and Yahoo, that have laid off workers. Buzzfeed's CEO said the layoffs were necessary despite the company's revenue growth.
Unions push back against major online retailer
Outside of City Hall in New York City, protesters representing the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union stood against the city's decision to let Amazon establish a headquarters in Queens. A major part of their complaint was the online retailer's policy to only hire non-union employees. When asked during a meeting whether or not Amazon would be willing to let its workers unionize, a representative from the company stated that they would not.
Servers being let go as restaurants are forced to increase prices
After New York raised the minimum wage at the start of the year, the city's residents noticed a change in something else: the price of food. Unfortunately, servers who expected to be paid more are now being let go.
