Amazon sues New York’s AG to pre-empt a state COVID lawsuit
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon sues New York’s AG to pre-empt a state COVID lawsuit

Al Jazeera  

Amazon accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of overstepping bounds by legally threatening the firm and demanding the surrender of profit. Amazon.com Inc on Friday sued New York’s attorney general to stop the state from taking legal action over its early COVID-19 response, including its firing of activist Christian Smalls. Senators questioned Amazon about the incident, the city announced a probe, and State Attorney General Letitia James said the company may have violated the law. Amazon said demands by the attorney general’s office were “far more stringent than the standard adopted by the OAG when defending, in other litigation, the New York State Courts’ reasonable but more limited safety response to COVID-19”.

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Amazon hit with labour complaint over alleged bargaining refusal
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon hit with labour complaint over alleged bargaining refusal

Al Jazeera  

Amazon.com has been hit with a complaint for allegedly refusing to bargain with a New York workers’ union, a spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board said. The NLRB general counsel, which acts as a prosecutor, said the board is seeking remedies that include ordering Amazon to bargain in good faith with the union representing workers at its JFK8 facility …

Amazon, facing questions over workplacesafety, also probed on bank dealings
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon, facing questions over workplacesafety, also probed on bank dealings

Live Mint  

The US government is looking into whether Amazon.com Inc. might have misled lenders about its workplace safety record to obtain credit, using a law stemming from the savings-and-loan crisis in a legal move a lawyer for the company called “unprecedented." The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office is conducting an investigation into Amazon under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act, …

Judge orders Amazon to stop retaliations against organizers
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge orders Amazon to stop retaliations against organizers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor agency that sued the company earlier this year. The ruling came in a court case brought by the National Labor Relations Board, which sued Amazon in March seeking the …

Amazon sues Washington’s labor agency over alleged hazards
2 years, 5 months ago

Amazon sues Washington’s labor agency over alleged hazards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon has sued Washington state’s labor agency following disputes with regulators over citations and fines imposed on the company for worker safety issues. The agency had said in March it inspected an Amazon warehouse in Kent, Washington, and found workplace processes that “create a serious hazard for work-related back, shoulder, wrist, and knee injuries.” It said workers …

New York appeals court dismisses AG suit against Amazon
2 years, 10 months ago

New York appeals court dismisses AG suit against Amazon

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An appeals court in New York dismissed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against Amazon over its coronavirus safety protocols and a former employee who led the successful union organizing effort on Staten Island. Besides potentially exposing workers to the virus at two Amazon facilities in New York City, the lawsuit filed by James last year …

Labor agency: Amazon union’s meeting complaints have merit
2 years, 10 months ago

Labor agency: Amazon union’s meeting complaints have merit

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The National Labor Relations Board has found merit in a union charge that Amazon violated labor law in New York City’s Staten Island by holding mandatory worker meetings to persuade its employees not to unionize. But in a memo sent to the agency’s field offices last month, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said she believes the meetings, …

Amazon illegally threatened staff, union board alleges
3 years, 1 month ago

Amazon illegally threatened staff, union board alleges

Al Jazeera  

The complaint seeks remedies including requiring management to read a notice to employees about their rights with a National Labor Relations Board agent present. Amazon.com Inc. violated federal labor law by threatening, interrogating and surveiling employees at a New York warehouse where workers are trying to unionize, U.S. labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint issued Thursday. The National Labor …

NY sues Amazon, saying it didn’t protect workers from virus
4 years, 1 month ago

NY sues Amazon, saying it didn’t protect workers from virus

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The New York attorney general is suing Amazon over COVID-19 safety protocols, accusing the company of being more concerned with making money than protecting its workers from getting sick. “While Amazon and its CEO made billions during this crisis, hardworking employees were forced to endure unsafe conditions,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed the …

Amazon sues NY attorney general to stop virus probe
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon sues NY attorney general to stop virus probe

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon is suing the attorney general of New York in a bid to stop her from suing the company over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one of its outspoken workers. In the lawsuit filed Friday in Brooklyn federal court, Amazon said Attorney General Letitia James overstepped her authority by trying to regulate coronavirus safety …

Former Amazon.com employee sues over COVID worker safety issues
4 years, 4 months ago

Former Amazon.com employee sues over COVID worker safety issues

Al Jazeera  

Former Amazon employee Christian Smalls alleges the tech giant failed to protect the ‘predominantly minority’ workers at its New York City facility. In a proposed class action filed in Brooklyn federal court, Christian Smalls alleged Amazon failed to provide needed protective gear to its “predominantly minority” workforce, subjecting them to inferior working conditions than its mainly white managers. Citing a …

California probes whether Amazon does enough to protect workers
4 years, 7 months ago

California probes whether Amazon does enough to protect workers

Al Jazeera  

California’s attorney general and state and local agencies are investigating whether Amazon.com Inc has taken adequate steps to protect its workers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court filing on Monday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the San Francisco Department of Public Health “have all opened investigations into Amazon’s practices” around …

Amazon Warehouse Safety 'Inadequate,' N.Y. Attorney General's Office Says
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon Warehouse Safety 'Inadequate,' N.Y. Attorney General's Office Says

NPR  

Amazon Warehouse Safety 'Inadequate,' N.Y. Attorney General's Office Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 7:15 p.m. ET Amazon may have violated federal safety standards for providing "inadequate" protections to warehouse workers in New York, the state attorney general's office says. "While we continue to investigate, the information so …

'Immoral and inhumane': New York to probe Amazon after it sacked warehouse worker who led strike
4 years, 11 months ago

'Immoral and inhumane': New York to probe Amazon after it sacked warehouse worker who led strike

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York’s Attorney General could bring legal action against Amazon …

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