Amazon to conduct racial equity audit led by former US attorney general
2 years, 11 months ago

Amazon to conduct racial equity audit led by former US attorney general

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon said it will conduct an audit, led by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, to “evaluate any disparate racial impacts” of its policies on its US hourly employees. The move, which Amazon disclosed in a filing late last week, followed shareholder pressure to conduct a racial equity audit to address what the shareholders described as controversies around the company’s hiring practices and its ability to protect warehouse workers, many of whom are Black. “Comptroller DiNapoli and the state’s pension fund look forward to learning more about Amazon’s proposed racial equity audit, but remain concerned that the company has provided few details and has made no assurances that the audit will be independent,” Sweeney told CNN Business in a statement Tuesday. Amazon’s announcement that it will conduct a racial equity audit comes just weeks after workers at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse voted to form the e-commerce giant’s first-ever US labor union.

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Judge Orders Another Amazon Union Election In Alabama
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge Orders Another Amazon Union Election In Alabama

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A judge at the federal labor board has ordered a do-over union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, finding that the online retail giant broke the law in ways that spoiled a vote by workers in 2022. In a decision issued Tuesday at the National Labor Relations Board, Administrative Law Judge Michael Silverstein ruled that …

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon’s safety practices and asks workers to share stories
1 year, 9 months ago

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon’s safety practices and asks workers to share stories

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues. Sanders, who has run for president twice and spent a political lifetime fighting corporations and monied interests …

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices and asks workers to share stories
1 year, 9 months ago

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices and asks workers to share stories

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has …

Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon workplace safety
1 year, 9 months ago

Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon workplace safety

LA Times  

Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders launched an investigation into charges of unsafe working conditions at Amazon.com Inc. warehouses across the U.S., raising the possibility of high-profile hearings on complaints over the retailer’s treatment of employees. Sanders, who chairs the Senate committee with jurisdiction over labor laws, portrayed the company as maintaining its position as one of the world’s most valuable companies …

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, …

Amazon union vote in Alabama is too close to call
3 years ago

Amazon union vote in Alabama is too close to call

CNN  

CNN Business — The results of a do-over vote for a milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, were too close to call on Thursday. Last year, the Bessemer vote indicated the union effort had failed, but the results were tossed after a National Labor Relations Board regional director determined Amazon had illegally interfered and “made a …

Amazon union election results should be set aside due to misconduct, NLRB officer recommends
3 years, 7 months ago

Amazon union election results should be set aside due to misconduct, NLRB officer recommends

CNN  

CNN Business — A National Labor Relations Board official is recommending that the results of the milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama held earlier this year be scrapped and that a new election be held due to illegal misconduct on the part of the e-commerce giant. RWDSU filed formal objections with the NLRB after the vote was …

Amazon faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits
3 years, 10 months ago

Amazon faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits

The Hindu  

Amazon Inc was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both. Wednesday's plaintiffs included Cindy Warner, a gay executive in that unit, who said a male manager openly called her a "bitch," an "idiot" and a "nobody," and that …

Amazon faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits
3 years, 10 months ago

Amazon faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both. Wednesday's plaintiffs included Cindy Warner, a gay executive in that unit, who said a male manager openly called her a "bitch," an "idiot" and a "nobody," and that …

Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote
3 years, 11 months ago

Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at a Alabama warehouse wants the results of a recent vote to be thrown out, saying that the company illegally interfered with the process. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said in a filing that Amazon threatened workers with layoffs and even the closing of the warehouse …

What Amazon Got Away With
55 years, 2 months ago

What Amazon Got Away With

Slate  

Amazon may think it’s done in Bessemer, Alabama, but Bessemer isn’t done with Amazon. But even if Amazon follows the law next time, Amazon workers won’t get a free and fair chance to vote on unionizing—because federal labor law is so broken that employers can and do legally rig union elections against their own workers. Amazon forced workers to attend …

The Amazon Union Election Is Unusual. Amazon's Robust Anti-Union Campaign Isn't.
4 years ago

The Amazon Union Election Is Unusual. Amazon's Robust Anti-Union Campaign Isn't.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BESSEMER, Ala. ― The union election taking place at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is exceptional in many ways. After the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union filed an election petition last November, Amazon hired what are known as “union-avoidance consultants” ― members of a specialized industry whom employers tap to help discourage unionization. Another consultant, David …

Amazon union vote hit by conspiracy theories and misinformation
4 years ago

Amazon union vote hit by conspiracy theories and misinformation

LA Times  

The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union is leading the unionization effort at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. The contest between the world’s largest e-commerce company and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is one of the most consequential in a generation, and a union victory could upend Amazon’s U.S. operations. Airwaves clogged with Last week, a U.S. …

Amazon accused of race and gender bias in workplace
4 years ago

Amazon accused of race and gender bias in workplace

Live Mint  

A lawsuit filed in US federal court on Monday accused Amazon of keeping women and Black employees down while publicly talking up the need for diversity and social justice. "Like so many other Black and female employees at Amazon, Charlotte Newman was confronted with a systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination based upon the color of her skin and her gender," …

AOC blasts Amazon as 'racist' after leaked notes say senior execs planned to publicly shame black worker in meeting with Jeff Bezos
4 years, 11 months ago

AOC blasts Amazon as 'racist' after leaked notes say senior execs planned to publicly shame black worker in meeting with Jeff Bezos

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 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has described Amazon’s dismissal of a black …

Vox's Amazon fail, explained: Why Ezra Klein needs to stop telling white-collar workers to check their privilege
9 years, 7 months ago

Vox's Amazon fail, explained: Why Ezra Klein needs to stop telling white-collar workers to check their privilege

Salon  

If your lifelong dream is to work for Amazon while simultaneously remaining a distinct and intrinsically valuable human being — and one whose life serves a higher purpose than increasing Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ extraordinary wealth and power — then I have some bad news. Besides, as one current employee argued, even if working at Amazon isn’t for …

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