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Amazon Accused of Racism over Juneteenth Celebration
For the first time ever, Juneteenth was celebrated as a national holiday. Some companies closed to celebrate the holiday, while others put on events at their workplaces. At Amazon, warehouse and...
Amazon Injury Rate Nearly Twice Walmart's
Over the last ten years, Amazon has seen exponential growth. Once the butt of jokes about the company was not profitable, they have now become the second-largest retailer in the United States, their...
More Charges Against Amazon
Outside of the Amazon facility in Staten Island New York, known as JFK8, Chris Smalls, a union organizer, and former Amazon employee, and Derrick Palmer, an Amazon warehouse employee set up shop to...
Seven Nooses Found at Amazon Facility
Community leaders and workers are up in arms after another racist incident at an Amazon warehouse in Connecticut. The incident happened at an Amazon warehouse that is being built in Windsor...
Upcoming Teamsters Election Will Decide Amazon Organizing
In November one of the largest unions in the country, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, will be voting on a new International President. For the first time since 1998, James Hoffa will not...
Union Files Objections to Amazon Vote
Throughout February and March workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer Alabama voted on whether their warehouse should become the first union facility at Amazon. The workers faced an intense anti-...
Jeff Bezos: We Need to Do Better by our Employees
While the union campaign at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer Alabama was unsuccessful at giving the workers a larger voice on the job, it did shine a spotlight on the working conditions within Amazon...
Parler: An App for Hate
The right-wing social networking site Parler is attempting to use the courts to hide the true owners of the site where Trump insurrectionists planned the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. Find...
Union: Amazon's Illegal Actions During Union Vote
On Friday, the most high-profile union election in decades concluded with workers overwhelmingly voting against the union with a vote of 738 in favor and 1,798 against. There were also 76 voided...
Podcast: Union busting at Tesla, Google and Amazon
Thursday, April 8th is the PRO Act Digitial Day of Action, find out what you need to do to get this important bill passed. Amazon, Tesla, and Google are all in trouble with the NLRB over union...