Amazon will acquire Cloostermans, a Belgium-based warehouse machinery company, in the latest expansion of the e-commerce giant’s warehouse robotics. The acquisition agreement, announced Tuesday morning, builds on a working relationship… Read More
The news: Community organizers at a rally Saturday in Seattle demanded that Amazon withdraw reported plans to build a distribution center at a site in the Rainier Valley area, south… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon unveiled a new fleet of robots and automated systems, including the first fully autonomous robot that the company says can operate safely alongside humans on the… Read More
Amazon has consistently defended its safety record following exposés by the Center for Investigative Reporting over the past year documenting injury rates higher than previously reported at its warehouses. That… Read More
Pressure is building on Amazon to release data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among its employees as new cases come to light among warehouse workers. Since the beginning of the… Read More
Amazon’s hourly wage increases and hazard pay will expire in June, a company executive confirmed to Recode this week. Amazon hiked hourly pay for warehouse and delivery workers by $2… Read More
Amazon added 100,000 new warehouse workers over the past month to help fulfill the surge in orders by customers sheltering at home. Amazon announced the newly filled positions Monday and… Read More
A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Amazon on Wednesday questioning the company’s rationale for firing an employee who organized a walkout at a New… 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 will begin screening employee temperatures at warehouses in New York and Seattle this week amid growing unrest about workers’ exposure to COVID-19. Those concerns reached a boiling point Monday… 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
Amazon sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders assuring him that the company’s new $15 minimum wage and pay structure will result in increased compensation for all warehouse workers.… 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
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that would force big companies to cover the costs of federal… Read More
Amazon will continue its sweep into Europe, the online retailer announced Friday. Amazon will make thousands of new hires this year and expand infrastructure and services there, one of the company’s… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor fined Amazon $7,000 and asked the company to change its practices after it failed to report at least 26 work-related illnesses and injuries at a New Jersey warehouse… Read More
Sam’s Club is rolling out five new services for small business owners, with the goal of increasing loyalty at the Wal-Mart owned warehouse club. The company is planning to announce… Read More
Ever wonder what it would be like to be one of the 80,000 seasonal workers Amazon hired this year to handle the spike in Christmas orders? Gawker has posted a… 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
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving former Amazon warehouse workers fighting over unpaid security searches which could have implications for similar cases in the future. Two former… Read More
“We are people!” “Not robots!” That was the message Monday morning at the heart of Amazon.com’s Seattle headquarters, as about 50 people gathered to protest what they call unfair working… Read More
Amazon typically stays under-the-radar when it comes to making public statements, but the company certainly felt compelled enough to respond to BBC’s new undercover report that cites Amazon working conditions causing… Read More
[Follow-up: Amazon refutes BBC’s poor working conditions report: ‘Safety of our associates is our number one priority’] Original story: Amazon has taken some heat during the past few years over… Read More