New jobs numbers posted to Amazon’s corporate website show the changing footprint of its U.S. workforce for the first time since the company started to curb the growth of its… Read More
Marcus Courtney was a Microsoft software tester who led a multi-year effort to unionize his fellow contract workers starting in the late 1990s. That history gives him a unique perspective… Read More
Addressing the issue of warehouse worker safety in response to a shareholder question this week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy described the company’s safety initiatives — most of them related to… Read More
New numbers reveal an undercurrent of Amazon shareholder opposition to the company’s board and management on issues including executive pay, the environment, and working conditions. In a regulatory filing Friday… Read More
Another Amazon warehouse in New York could be gearing up for a unionization vote. A week after the National Labor Relations Board said enough interest had been shown by workers… Read More
Amazon is in the crosshairs again during a new segment on union busting from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” The HBO show took on the tech giant as part… Read More
Stuart Applebaum has heard the argument before. That, perversely, a union organizer should quietly root against non-union higher wages or better working conditions because it makes activating workers toward unionization… Read More
Amazon is getting some help in its efforts to beat back a unionization movement at one of its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Ala. But internet sleuths are pointing out that… Read More
It wasn’t a huge surprise when President Joe Biden earlier this month voiced support for Amazon warehouse workers’ unionization efforts at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. After all, Democrats… Read More
What happens when Amazon becomes an integral part of the economy and culture of a community? And what does the outcome say about the tech giant’s larger impact on the… Read More
Amazon landed in hot water this week when job posts revealed apparent details about the company’s strategies for identifying potential union activity in its workforce. The company quickly took down… Read More
A coalition of labor unions — including truck drivers, food workers, and service employees — is pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for anti-competitive behavior. Change to Win,… 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
Last year, Amazon Prime Day became the biggest shopping event in the company’s history. Fresh off that success, Amazon decided to expand its flash sales holiday to two days this… Read More
Workers at Tesla’s plant in Fremont, Calif., are considering unionizing and have reached out to United Auto Workers (UAW), according to an employee who criticized the electric car company’s treatment of… Read More
Microsoft supplier Lionbridge Technologies is laying off all union employees, about two months after completing its first contract with a group of temp workers. The self described “start up union” Temporary Workers… Read More
Technology as an industry has been largely anti-union. But could technology at last become a powerful tool of the labor movement? Labor supporters say now is the time to harness technology… Read More
An administrative law judge from the U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled today that T-Mobile has to change some of its employee policies after determining that they violate the National… Read More