In a first for the Amazon’s US facilities, warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, have voted in favor of joining a union. The union’s win, if certified by the federal labor board, adds momentum to an organizing movement that’s been gaining steam around the country. The tally of 2,654 yes votes to 2,131 no …
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A day of vote counting in two separate Amazon union elections on Thursday showed contests headed in different directions, but there are no final results yet for the historic organizing movements. Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, appeared to vote against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, for the second time in a year, according to unofficial results of …
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A group of 23 progressive lawmakers including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants answers from Amazon about the Dec. 10 warehouse collapse that left six employees dead. They addressed their 12-page letter to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy. The workers killed in the Edwardsville, Illinois, warehouse were Austin J. McEwen, DeAndre S. Morrow, Clayton Lynn …
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You’ll likely hear a lot in 2022 about Amazon being a great place to work and a business that guarantees low prices for customers and delivers with lightning speed. A look back at 2021 explains why the e-commerce giant is so anxious to get those messages out. Amazon began and ended the year fighting a unionization movement at its Bessemer, …
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The Bezos Earth Fund on Monday pledged $1 billion to help protect vulnerable nature and Indigenous peoples around the world, with an initial focus on the Congo Basin, the tropical Andes and the tropical Pacific Ocean. The goal of the $1 billion pledge is protect 30% of land and sea from mass extinctions and climate change by 2030. The commitment …
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Amazon is aiming to hire 55,000 people for corporate and tech jobs around the world in the coming months, CEO Andy Jassy told Reuters on Wednesday. That includes 40,000 jobs in the US. This comes as the e-commerce giant prepares to hold its annual career day on Sept. 15. The new hires would expand Amazon’s corporate and tech staff — currently …
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You’re looking to get rich. You could work hard and rise through the ranks. You could invent something that everybody wants or needs. You could marry into the right family. Or maybe you buy some cryptocurrency and look for a quick score. If it’s the cryptocurrency route for you, be careful. The ups and downs can be intense, as we …
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The European Parliament has invited Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple chief Tim Cook, Facebook helmsman Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet head Sundar Pichai to Brussels in February or March for a hearing focused on the dominance of their companies, Reuters reported. “The purpose of the planned hearing is to have an exchange with the chief executive officers of the four globally leading platform companies …
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MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, said Tuesday that she’s given away more than $4 billion since July, when she said she’d donated nearly $1.7 billion of her wealth to charitable causes. The gifts, which totaled $4,158,500,000, went to 384 organizations across the country, including food banks, emergency funds and services for the vulnerable. In a blog post, Scott …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. An activist employee at Amazon who was fired by the online retail giant earlier this year will have her case heard by a court next year, BuzzFeed News reported Friday. Citing documents it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the publication …
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