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News Articles: amazon

People walk by an Amazon Books store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall in Paramus, N.J., on Jan. 10, 2022.

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  • Business

Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops

The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.

March 03, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.

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  • Business

Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote

Amazon will face two union elections at once. Federal officials have set a union vote for Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse, coinciding with the ongoing re-do election in Bessemer, Ala.

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Walmart is no longer requiring employees to wear masks unless they are mandated by local regulations.

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  • Business

Amazon, Walmart and JPMorgan Chase among companies relaxing employee mask mandates

As several states relax mask mandates, U.S. companies are easing up their own rules.

February 15, 2022
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By:
  • Anthony Tellez
A retail union representative holds a sign by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., during the first union election in March 2021.

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  • Business

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

Last year, Alabama workers voted against forming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Then, federal labor officials said Amazon unfairly influenced that election. Now, a re-vote begins.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh

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  • Business

Amazon raises price of annual Prime membership to $139

Amazon is increasing the U.S. subscription cost to $139 a year from $119, citing more customer benefits and higher employee wages and transportation costs.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Alabama coal miners rally at a local ballpark in Brookwood. They've been on strike against Warrior Met Coal since April 1.

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  • Economy

Unions have enthusiasm, media spotlight. But membership numbers lag

Strikes and organizing efforts at high-profile companies have generated new enthusiasm for organized labor. But numbers tell a different story. Union membership is tied for the lowest level on record.

January 28, 2022
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By:
  • Stephan Bisaha
Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months.

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  • Business

Amazon faces another union vote, this time at a Staten Island warehouse

Federal labor officials found enough support among Amazon workers on Staten Island to pave the way for a union election. It could be the second union vote for Amazon this year.

January 27, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
During last year's high-profile union vote, an Amazon-branded tent cloaks a mailbox outside the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

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  • Business

Why a mailbox continues to loom over Amazon union vote at Alabama warehouse

The mailbox was a key reason why labor officials ruled to re-do a union election at Amazon's Alabama warehouse. For the re-vote, the mailbox got moved. The union wants it gone.

January 26, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Stephan Bisaha
A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on March 30. The company has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to organize freely and without retaliation.

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  • Business

Amazon unionization efforts get a boost under a settlement with U.S. labor board

Under pressure to improve worker rights, Amazon has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its employees to freely organize — and without retaliation.

December 23, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
A pile of vaccine syringes.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Vaccines arrived in Ga. a year ago; Eliminating ballot drop boxes; Rivian factory

On today's show: A Republican leader in the state Senate filed a bill to eliminate drop boxes, which have enabled voters to cast absentee ballots more easily. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to announce later this week that Rivian, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of electric vehicles, is set to build an assembly plant in Georgia.

December 14, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Amazon drivers cheer as they go back to their delivery vans, with systems back online at the Amazon Delivery Station in Rosemead, Calif. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies.

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  • Technology

Amazon announces progress after an outage disrupted sites across the internet

The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, Netflix, Venmo and Disney+.

December 08, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo and
  • Barbara Campbell
The Amazon warehouse at the center of a high-profile unionization drive is seen on March 29 in Bessemer, Ala.

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  • Business

Amazon warehouse workers get to re-do their union vote in Alabama

A federal labor official has ordered a revote in the biggest Amazon union election in the U.S. The agency found the company's anti-union tactics tainted the original vote that rejected unionizing.

November 30, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
An aerial view shows a deforested area of Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, in September.

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  • Latin America

Amazon deforestation in Brazil hits its worst level in 15 years

Deforestation in the region rose 22% compared to the year prior, according to data released just days after Brazil made new global promises to combat environmental degradation.

November 19, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Amazon workers hold a walkout over conditions at a Staten Island warehouse in March 2020.

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  • Business

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island push for union vote

Some 2,000 workers from four facilities have signed cards seeking an election to form a union, according to organizers.

October 22, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Streaming and gaming company Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, says they had a data breach Wednesday morning.

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  • Technology

Twitch, the popular game streaming service, confirms that its data has been hacked

Twitch says a breach took place Wednesday morning, but the company has not provided further details about what kind of information was released and how many users were affected.

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
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