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Amazon Employees Put Jobs on the Line Over Climate Change
Workers at Amazon are putting their jobs on the line to speak out against the company's destruction of the planet. On Sunday, 250 employees who make up the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice,...
Podcast: How Amazon is Killing Workers
Injuries are sky-high at the Amazon facility in Staten Island and deaths are up in the last year nationwide. At the same time, union construction sites are proving to be the safest around, maybe the...
Staten Island Amazon's Staggering Injury Rate
The holiday shopping season is here and over the Thanksgiving weekend, millions of people logged onto Amazon to get the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Once that new TV is ordered, the...
Union Needed to Remedy Dangers at Amazon Warehouse
This post was written by Labor Press A newly-released safety report coinciding with the one-year anniversary of Amazon’s sprawling 855,000 square foot warehouse on Staten Island recommends...
Amazon Strike Planned for Prime Day
Prime Day has turned into one of Amazon’s biggest money making days of the year. They get you in with great deals on all of the junk that they couldn’t sell over the previous year and...
Raises and Bonuses Aren't Enough
Facebook and Amazon have become two of the largest companies in the world over the last decade. Amazon is the third largest retailer in the United States while Facebook has over 1 billion daily user...
Bank of America Raises Minimum Wage to $20
Although the Senate and Trump are refusing to raise the minimum wage, Bank of America and Amazon are increasing their companies wages and pushing their competitors to do the same. Below are two...
Amazon Fires Employee for Union Organizing
The New York Times is reporting that Amazon is doing everything they can to stop a union at the Staten Island NY warehouse, including firing pro-union employees.
What Union is Qualified to Organize Amazon?
Oh, Amazon, what to do with you. First, you innovated e-commerce to become the world’s largest Internet retailer, and at the same time, you did your best to thwart organized labor at every...
Listen: LaGrange talking Amazon on America's Workforce Radio
On Tuesday, UCOMM's Kris LaGrange went on America's Workforce Radio to speak about Amazon’s HQ2 in New York City during his time on AWF. He discussed Amazon’s vice president...