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2 Black Executives Leave Amazon Amid Changes in Leadership
The two execs were involved in the company’s warehouses and transportation services.
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Amazon logo atop an office complex in downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2018.
Court Says Amazon Can Be Sued Over Toxic Warnings
Any efforts by Amazon to comply with California's Proposition 65 could have a much wider impact.
Jun 16th, 2022
Amazon distribution center, Las Vegas, July 2017.
Departing Amazon Executive to Head Logistics Startup
The e-commerce giant is looking to make changes to its troubled consumer division.
Jun 8th, 2022
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A single-family home on the edge of a multi-story, mixed-use construction site, Seattle, Dec. 27, 2017.
Amazon Provides Millions for Affordable Housing
Jun 24th, 2022
People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center, Staten Island, New York, Oct. 25, 2021.
Amazon's Request to Close Union Hearing Denied
Jun 10th, 2022
Tahsha Sydnor sorts packages at an Amazon warehouse, Goodyear, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2019.
Legislation Targets Amazon Productivity Quotas
Jun 7th, 2022
Amazon executive Dave Clark at a media event in Seattle, June 27, 2018.
Amazon's Consumer Business Chief Resigns
Jun 6th, 2022
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A person holds six electric candles symbolizing the six workers who died while working at the Edwardsville Amazon site in the background, during a vigil, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill., after part of the building collapsed due to a tornado the previous week before.
Amazon 'Obstructing' Probe into Warehouse Collapse
The company has failed to produce materials requested more than two months ago.
Jun 2nd, 2022
Amazon offices in New York, Feb. 14, 2019.
Amazon Shareholders Nix Warehouse Audit
The proposal called for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce behemoth's warehouses.
May 25th, 2022
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New Hub 'Organizes the World's Components'
The founders of Volition believe a dedicated marketplace is what the industry is missing.
May 25th, 2022
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Amazon's Third-Party Sellers Need a Hand
How Congress can help.
May 25th, 2022
A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility on the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed.
Amazon Is Subleasing Warehouse Space
Amazon may have overbought during lockdowns.
May 24th, 2022
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Agency Files Discrimination Complaint Against Amazon
The e-commerce giant allegedly denied “reasonable accommodations” and forced workers to take unpaid leave.
May 18th, 2022
Amazon office, San Francisco, Aug. 2019.
Two Plead Guilty in Amazon Marketplace Scheme
The conspiracy used confidential data to give certain sellers an advantage.
May 17th, 2022
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Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Amazon
New York's attorney general sued the company over workplace safety issues.
May 12th, 2022
Amazon Labor Union lead organizer Mat Cusick, second from right, standing, watches a zoom-cast of vote counting to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., March 31, 2022.
Amazon Fires Union Organizers Tied to First U.S. Labor Win
The company claims the cases are "unrelated."
May 10th, 2022
An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center March 19, 2020 in Staten Island, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board has found merit to a complaint that Amazon violated labor law in New York City’s Staten Island by holding mandatory worker meetings to persuade its employees not to unionize. The agency’s determination was shared Friday, May 6, 2022 with an attorney representing the Amazon Labor Union, which filed the charge in the lead-up to the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
NLRB: Amazon Union's Meeting Complaints Have Merit
The board believes “captive audience meetings" should be outlawed.
May 9th, 2022
A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., March 30, 2021.
Amazon Union Head, Others Meet at White House
They discussed growing efforts to form unions in the workplace.
May 6th, 2022