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Amazon workers are striking at multiple facilities. Here’s what you should know
4 days, 18 hours ago

Amazon workers are striking at multiple facilities. Here’s what you should know

Associated Press  

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union continued a strike Friday at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas. The Teamsters haven’t formally indicated when the actions will end, but Vinnie Perrone, the president of a local Teamsters union in metro New York, said Thursday that the walkout would continue “as long as it takes.” The union, …

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Amazon workers' strikes threaten timely holiday deliveries in Metro Detroit
5 days, 1 hour ago

Amazon workers' strikes threaten timely holiday deliveries in Metro Detroit

Hindustan Times  

A major strike against Amazon, billed as the largest in American history, kicked off this morning at 6 a.m. EST, just days before the holiday season. A historic Amazon workers' strike began today, coinciding with the holiday rush, potentially affecting deliveries nationwide as workers demand better conditions and fair wages. REUTERS/Daniel Cole The Teamsters Union has announced that the strike …

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Amazon workers in India join Black Friday strike action for better wages and working conditions
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Amazon workers in India join Black Friday strike action for better wages and working conditions

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Amazon staff in India have joined strike action calling for better wages and working conditions as the company prepares for one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. The walkout on Black Friday, which starts one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year, was repeated at Amazon warehouses in other countries as workers called for …

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SpaceX, Amazon Lawsuits Could Gut The NLRB
3 weeks, 6 days ago

SpaceX, Amazon Lawsuits Could Gut The NLRB

Huff Post  

Elon Musk's SpaceX is leading the charge against the NLRB in court, mounting a constitutional challenge that could all but gut the agency. “It would be a Pandora's box that, once open, it’s unclear what would happen.” - Joseph McCartin, Georgetown University Legal experts said a Supreme Court ruling against the agency on constitutional grounds could require Congress to step …

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Delivery drivers want protection against heat. But it's an uphill battle
1 year, 5 months ago

Delivery drivers want protection against heat. But it's an uphill battle

NPR  

Delivery drivers want protection against heat. UPS and the Teamsters union, which represents 340,000 UPS workers, negotiated a tentative heat safety agreement in June to install air conditioning systems in all of the company's small package delivery vehicles purchased after Jan. 1, 2024. But drivers Renica Turner and Demetria Forte, who deliver packages for Amazon, as well as Johnathon Ervin, …

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Amazon to lay off more than 18,000 employees due to 'uncertain economy'
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon to lay off more than 18,000 employees due to 'uncertain economy'

Firstpost  

Washington: Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing “the uncertain economy” and the fact that the online retail giant had “hired rapidly” during the pandemic. “Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we’re sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles,” said CEO Andy Jassy in a statement …

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Amazon Begins Mass Layoffs After Meta, Twitter: Reports
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon Begins Mass Layoffs After Meta, Twitter: Reports

ABP News  

After Twitter and Meta announced massive job cuts, e-commerce firm Amazon becomes the latest tech firm to start with a layoff exercise in its corporate ranks that will affect around 260 workers at present. If an employee cannot find a new role within the company, Limp said Amazon will provide a severance payment, external job placement support and what he …

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Amazon axing workforce may not stop with corporate function
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon axing workforce may not stop with corporate function

The Hindu  

Amazon axing talent may not be limited to its corporate functions. But, unlike Twitter, which let go of its employees in an unceremonious way, the global retailer plans to carefully reduce workforce based on individual departmental needs. If the U.S.-based company’s layoff affects it corporate employees, one of its business decisions could have an impact on its labourers at the …

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Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Al Jazeera  

The loss has dashed, for now, the labour group’s hopes to get Amazon to the negotiating table on contracts. Amazon workers in upstate New York have overwhelmingly rejected a union bid, handing a second defeat to the labour group that’s been trying to drag the company to the negotiating table. This time around, 406, or two-thirds of workers at a …

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Amazon workers in San Bernardino allege anti-union actions and retaliation
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers in San Bernardino allege anti-union actions and retaliation

LA Times  

A group of workers at an Amazon air freight hub in San Bernardino that has been pushing for a $5-per-hour pay increase and more robust safety measures accused the e-commerce giant of unfair labor practices in a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board. The group, which calls itself Inland Empire Amazon Workers United, alleged the company threatened an …

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Amazon workers at fulfillment center in Moreno Valley announce union drive
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon workers at fulfillment center in Moreno Valley announce union drive

LA Times  

A coalition of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Moreno Valley announced Friday a push to join the Amazon Labor Union, which mounted the first successful unionization effort at any Amazon warehouse in the United States. Plascencia was joined by Chris Smalls, who led a group of workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island to a historic win when in …

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How Amazon Employees Won Their First Union
2 years, 8 months ago

How Amazon Employees Won Their First Union

Slate  

It’s rare to call a unionization victory historic, but it’s hard to avoid calling this week’s win at a giant, 8,000-employee Amazon warehouse in Staten Island anything but that. Much like the first union victory at a corporate-owned Starbucks—which happened last December in Buffalo—the union win in Staten Island will inspire many workers and many more unionization drives, at Amazon …

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Workers at Amazon NYC warehouse get go-ahead for union vote
2 years, 10 months ago

Workers at Amazon NYC warehouse get go-ahead for union vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon workers have lined up enough support to vote on whether to unionize a New York City warehouse, federal labor officials said this week in a big step forward after a setback this fall for one of the first organizing drives at the nation’s largest online retailer. The National Labor Relations Board confirmed Thursday that the nascent …

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2nd election for Amazon workers in Alabama will be by mail
2 years, 11 months ago

2nd election for Amazon workers in Alabama will be by mail

Associated Press  

A federal labor board said that Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will vote by mail next month in a re-run election to decide whether or not to unionize. The move comes roughly a month and a half after the board ordered a new union election for Amazon workers based on objections by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to …

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Amazon to hire 55,000 people globally, career fair to begin this month
3 years, 3 months ago

Amazon to hire 55,000 people globally, career fair to begin this month

Hindustan Times  

Amazon.com Inc is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months, Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Reuters. Jassy, in his first press interview since he ascended to Amazon’s top post in July, said the company needed more firepower to keep up with demand in retail, the cloud and advertising, among other businesses. The …

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Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses
3 years, 4 months ago

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. Amazon said Friday that its call for a nationwide mask mandate for its warehouse workers was in response to the spread of COVID-19 variants in the U.S., and guidance from public health authorities and its …

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NLRB preliminary finding revives labor organizing at Amazon
3 years, 4 months ago

NLRB preliminary finding revives labor organizing at Amazon

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A recommendation to nullify the election results of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama is breathing new life into the labor movement. The recommendation was issued Monday by a hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board, who said that Amazon potentially interfered with the April election in which warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to …

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Amazon denies reports of workers urinating in bottles, ‘heckles’ US senators
3 years, 8 months ago

Amazon denies reports of workers urinating in bottles, ‘heckles’ US senators

Hindustan Times  

E-commerce giant Amazon has resorted to a combative tone on social media to defend the allegations of poor working conditions and exploitation of loopholes in the tax system. It started with a tweet from an Amazon executive, Dave Clark, taking a jibe at Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ plan to meet the company’s workers in Alabama who are attempting to unionise. …

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Op-Ed: How workers at one Amazon warehouse could change the union landscape
3 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: How workers at one Amazon warehouse could change the union landscape

LA Times  

The effort to unionize 5,800 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is the most important unionization drive in years. After years of declining union membership, this campaign, conducted by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, hopes to show that unions can still win big — and organize thousands of workers in one fell swoop — even against a …

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