Amazon will no longer require employees in its warehouse facilities across the U.S. to wear face masks as protection against COVID-19, the company told workers. The e-commerce giant told employees… Read More
Washington state workplace regulators fined and admonished Amazon for pushing workers at its DuPont, Wash. fulfillment center so relentlessly that it resulted in workplace injuries. Additionally, the company was cited… Read More
At least 30 of the fulfillment centers that power Amazon’s e-commerce business have outbreaks of COVID-19, according to local news reports and employee accounts. The mounting cases are sparking walkouts, frustration,… Read More
Amazon’s warehouse culture is making headlines again this week after a nonprofit news organization obtained injury records from 23 of the company’s fulfillment centers. Reveal, a project of the Center… Read More
For more than a year, Amazon has been marshaling an army of ambassadors to defend conditions inside its warehouses, but the program is in the spotlight again, and not in… Read More
Not all Amazon employees are happy with the company raising their wages to at least $15 an hour. That’s because the tech giant is phasing out stock options and monthly… Read More
If Amazon follows through on a pair of patent applications, future fulfillment centers could be transported on their rounds by trains, ships or trucks and deliver their goods with autonomous… Read More
DUPONT, Wash. — For those with an interest in logistics, robotics, and supply chain efficiency, touring an Amazon fulfillment center is like walking around a wonderland. GeekWire got a behind-the-scenes… Read More
Amazon’s giant 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, WA. is open for business. The location, which Amazon plans to fill with over 1,200 new employees, shipped its first item, a… Read More
Walmart announced today at a meeting with analysts that it is opening two new fulfillment centers in the U.S. as it ramps up its e-commerce operations. The company holds the title… Read More
Residents of Coffeyville, Kansas found out today that the town will lose one of its largest employers. Amazon plans to shut down the fulfillment center that it opened there in… Read More
Amazon doesn’t like it when it sells out of things, but that’s what happened after 14,000 people signed up to take a tour of its giant fulfillment centers. “This has been… Read More
Amazon continues to grow and today announced plans to build three new fulfillment centers in Texas, creating more than 1,000 new jobs in the Lone Star State. Last week Amazon… Read More
Don’t expect Amazon to be jumping on the pop-up store bandwagon this holiday season. Just after the Seattle retailer posted its third quarter financial results — which included a $274… Read More