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Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company’s first unionized warehouse in U.S.
Jason Anthony, a member of Amazon Labor Union, speaks to members of the media during the vote count to unionize Amazon workers outside the National Labor Relations Board offices in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 1, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted Friday […]
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House launches investigation into Amazon’s handling of deadly warehouse collapse
Amazon truck cabs are seen outside a damaged Amazon Distribution Center on December 11, 2021 in Edwardsville, Illinois. According to reports, the Distribution Center was struck by a tornado Friday night. Michael B. Thomas | Getty Images The House Oversight Committee on Friday launched an investigation into Amazon’s labor practices, demanding the company turn over […]
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Fantasy author’s record-breaking Kickstarter campaign closes at $41.7 million
Portrait of American fantasy author Brandon Sanderson taken on June 3, 2011. Sfx Magazine | Future | Getty Images Brandon Sanderson asked Kickstarter fans for $1 million to self-publish four novels he wrote during the pandemic. Thirty days later, his campaign has topped $41.7 million from more than 185,000 backers and is the most-funded Kickstarter […]
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Amazon workers in Alabama reject union for second time, but challenged ballots remain
Union supporters at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, on Thursday appeared headed toward defeat for a second time. However, with hundreds of contested ballots at play, the election results are still too close to call. Of the 2,375 ballots cast, there were 993 votes opposing the union and 875 in favor. Approximately 6,153 workers at […]
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Pro-union side leads vote count at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, based on early results
Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon’s JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. March 25, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island were leaning towards unionizing as of Thursday afternoon. According to preliminary results […]
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Alexa will now tell you when items in your Amazon cart or wish list go on sale
Amazon’s redesigned Echo Dots Kids Edition Amanda Ringstad, Amazon Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will soon tell users when items they’ve had an eye on are about to be on sale. The company announced on Thursday that Alexa will notify Prime customers up to 24 hours in advance of upcoming sales on items in their Amazon […]
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Why ‘free’ shipping isn’t free
The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for “free.” “People like free shipping because the word free is very powerful, even if people know that it’s not really free because someone is paying for it,” Kara Buntin, owner of the Etsy […]
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches first New Shepard space crew of 2022
The NS-20 crew, from left to right: Gary Lai, George Nield, Jim Kitchen, Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, and Marc Hagle. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket for the first time this year on Thursday, as the company sends more passengers on short trips to space. Called NS-20, this New Shepard […]
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Amazon hired an influential Democratic pollster to fight Staten Island union drive
Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York, October 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon tapped an influential consulting and polling firm with close ties to Democratic political groups to help the company thwart a critical unionization effort at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse, CNBC has […]
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Amazon renews Prime credit card tie-up with JPMorgan Chase after flirting with American Express
Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon. Getty Images | CNBC Amazon has chosen to renew a deal allowing JPMorgan Chase to issue the tech giant’s flagship rewards credit card, ending months of heated negotiations, CNBC has learned. The Amazon Prime Rewards card was one of the industry’s most highly coveted co-brand deals, a rare prize because […]
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