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OSHA Finds Violations at 3 More Amazon Warehouses
The agency had cited three Amazon facilities last month.
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Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfillment centre, Coventry, England, Jan. 25, 2023.
E-Commerce
Amazon Workers Hold First U.K. Strike
Union members at the warehouse voted to walk off the job for one day.
January 25, 2023
In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20.
E-Commerce
Amazon Axes Charity Program Amid Wider Cost-Cutting
The program's ability to have an impact was "spread too thin."
January 19, 2023
he Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011.
Safety
OSHA Cites 3 Amazon Warehouses
Federal safety investigators said the facilities put workers at serious risk of injury.
January 19, 2023
Amazon location in Douai, France, April 16, 2020.
E-Commerce
Amazon to Make Big Changes Under Settlement
The agreement allows the company to avoid a battle with the E.U.’s top antitrust watchdog.
December 20, 2022
People arrive for work at an Amazon distribution center in Staten Island, New York, Oct. 25, 2021.
E-Commerce
Amazon Ordered to Stop Retaliating Against Organizers
But the mixed ruling also handed a loss to federal labor officials.
November 22, 2022
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Amazon CEO Says Layoffs Will Extend into Next Year
November 18, 2022
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Amazon Begins Mass Layoffs
November 17, 2022
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November 14, 2022
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E-Commerce
Amazon Debuts Robot Arm to Streamline Fulfillment Process
Sparrow is the first robotic system in Amazon's warehouses that can detect, select and handle individual products.
November 11, 2022
The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011.
E-Commerce
Amazon Pauses Corporate Hiring
It's the latest move by the company to cut costs amid worries about the wider economic environment.
November 4, 2022
Hawaiian Airlines planes at Inouye International Airport, Honolulu, July 2019.
Aerospace
Amazon Reaches Cargo Deal with Hawaiian Airlines
The e-commerce giant could take a minority stake in the airline.
October 24, 2022
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E-Commerce
Amazon Shuts Fabric.com in Cost-Cutting Move
It's the latest move by the online retail giant to cut costs.
October 21, 2022
Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse, Goodyear, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2019.
E-Commerce
Amazon Faces $1B Class Action Lawsuit
The case will focus primarily on the e-commerce giant's "Buy Box" feature.
October 21, 2022
Chris Smalls, right, the head of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks to Amazon workers and supporters at a rally in Castleton-On-Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 10, 2022.
E-Commerce
Amazon Warehouse Workers Reject Union Bid
About 66% of workers voted against the unionization effort.
October 18, 2022
Amazon workers and supporters march during a rally in Castleton-On-Hudson, about 15 miles south of Albany, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.
E-Commerce
Amazon Faces Off with Union in Fight for Second Warehouse
The vote could force the reluctant e-commerce behemoth to the negotiating table.
October 17, 2022
An Amazon Prime logo appears on the side of a delivery van as it departs an Amazon Warehouse location in Dedham, Mass., Oct. 1, 2020.
Automotive
Amazon Invests $972M in Electric Vans, Trucks in Europe
The deal would grow the number of electric delivery vans the company has in Europe from 3,000 to 10,000 by 2025.
October 10, 2022
In this image from video, Amazon workers line up outside the company's facility in Staten Island, New York, March 25, 2022.
E-Commerce
Amazon Suspends at Least 50 Workers After Fire Protest
Employees refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire.
October 6, 2022
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Amazon to Hire 150,000 Workers for Holidays
The e-commerce behemoth is taking a less conservative approach to its holiday planning than competitors.
October 6, 2022
Halo Rise will be able to track sleeping patterns without a wristband by using no-contact sensors and artificial intelligence to measure a user’s movement and breathing patterns, according to Amazon.
E-Commerce
Amazon Unveils Bedside Device that Tracks Sleeping Patterns
Halo Rise will measure movement and breathing patterns.
September 29, 2022
Then-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas, June 6, 2019.
E-Commerce
FTC Says Bezos, Jassy Must Testify in Amazon Probe
Testimony from 17 senior Amazon executives subpoenaed by the agency is due early next year.
September 23, 2022
In this Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, photo, an iRobot Roomba vacuum, left, and Braava Jet floor cleaner are displayed at the company's headquarters in Bedford, Mass.
E-Commerce
FTC Reviewing Amazon's $1.7 Billion Deal to Buy iRobot
Privacy advocates have voiced concerns that the Seattle company will suck up more information on consumers from Roombas.
September 21, 2022
According to a regulatory filing, both One Medical and Amazon received a request for additional information on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in connection with an FTC review of the merger.
E-Commerce
FTC Investigating Amazon's $3.9B Purchase of One Medical
Amazon announced plans in late July to buy One Medical, a concierge-type medical service.
September 6, 2022