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Amazon

Technicians work on the Amazon logo at the shipping warehouse in a district of the municipality of Schönefeld in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany, on May 3, 2022.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

Amazon’s CEO Pay Is More Than 6,000 Times That of the Company’s Typical Worker

Low-wage corporations have continued to pump up CEO pay during COVID while workers are struggling with rising costs.
by
Sarah Anderson,
Inequality.org
June 12, 2022
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Pat Cioffi and Christian Smalls speak in front of the Amazon the LDJ-5 warehouse on Staten Island in New York on April 24, 2022.
News
Economy & Labor

Amazon Labor Union Organizer Fired From Warehouse Amid Union-Busting Campaign

Labor organizer Pasquale “Uncle Pat” Cioffi was fired days before a hearing Amazon wanted blocked from public viewing.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
June 10, 2022
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Amazon and union workers attend rally outside the company building on April 24, 2022, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.
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Economy & Labor

Labor Officials Find Amazon Threatened Pro-Union Workers With Wage Cuts

NLRB officials found the company threatened workers in captive audience meetings that they would have their wages cut.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 20, 2022
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A first responder walks among the wreckage of a damaged Amazon Distribution Center on December 11, 2021, in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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Economy & Labor

Amazon’s “Inadequate” Safety Rules Put Thousands at Risk, AOC and Warren Say

Occupational safety officials found that Amazon’s safety protocols contain “glaring gaps,” the lawmakers said.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 12, 2022
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Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, testifies during the Senate Budget Committee hearing titled Should Taxpayer Dollars Go to Companies that Violate Labor Laws? in Dirksen Building on May 5, 2022.
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Economy & Labor

“That’s a Fact”: Amazon Union’s Smalls Lambasts Anti-Union Senators in Hearing

“You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate,” said organizer Christian Smalls.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 5, 2022
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An Amazon Go store signage is seen in the Financial District on April 29, 2022, in New York City.
News
Reproductive Rights

Companies Like Amazon and CVS Have Donated Millions to Anti-Abortion Politicians

These donations come despite claims that these companies support reproductive freedom.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
May 5, 2022
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Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls at a rally on the eve of the union election for the LDJ5 Amazon sorting center on April 24, 2022, in Staten Island, New York. Smalls successfully organized the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center across the street, making it the first Amazon warehouse to unionize.
News
Economy & Labor

Labor Leaders Vow United Front Against Amazon Amid New Warehouse Union Election

Workers at the LDJ5 Amazon sorting center voted 618-380 against unionization, according to a final NLRB tally.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
May 2, 2022
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Protesters take to the streets to mark May Day in New York City on May 1, 2021.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

On May Day, Let’s Link the Rising Labor Revolts to Community Struggles

Starbucks and Amazon workers have given us hope. Let’s be optimistic in our organizing and link our struggles together.
by
Barbara Ransby,
Truthout
May 1, 2022
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Amazon Labor Union leader Christian Smalls speaks during a rally outside the company building on April 24, 2022, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.
News
Economy & Labor

Amazon Call Center Workers in Costa Rica Send Support to Amazon Union in US

“This is how change and revolutions begin,” reads one message from an Amazon worker in Costa Rica.
by
La Izquierda Diario Costa Rica,
Left Voice
April 29, 2022
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Bernie Sanders speaks while surrounded by union organizers and worker at an outdoor rally
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Economy & Labor

Bernie Sanders Demands Biden Cancel Amazon Contracts Over Union-Busting

Sanders says the federal government must stop “handing out corporate welfare to union busters.”
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
April 27, 2022
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