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Amazon said more than 750,000 U.S. hourly workers are eligible.
September 10, 2021
A UPS logo is on the shirt of a driver as he enters a United Parcel Service store with packages in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 26, 2021. The Atlanta-based company said Thursday, Sept. 9, that it plans to hire more than 100,000 people for the busy holiday shipping season, many of whom will get job offers within 30-minutes of applying. UPS needs to snap up workers as fast as it can because of the tight job market.
Supply Chain
UPS to Hire 100,000, Many in 30 Minutes or Less
Take too long to hire, and an applicant can go elsewhere.
September 9, 2021
In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a Boeing 767 with an Amazon.com 'Prime Air' livery flies over Lake Washington, as part of the Boeing Seafair Air Show. Amazon said Wednesday, June 30, 2021, that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders during the pandemic.
Software
Amazon's Carbon Footprint Grew 19% Last Year
Amazon's carbon emissions are the equivalent of burning through 140 million barrels of oil.
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In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, an Amazon delivery van departs an Amazon Warehouse in Dedham, Mass. The Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million delivery workers, is setting its sights on Amazon. The union is voting Thursday, June 24, 2021, on whether to make organizing Amazon workers its main priority, saying that Amazon, which is now the nation’s second-largest private employer, is exploiting its employees by paying them low wages, pushing them to work at fast speeds and offering no job security.
Labor
Teamsters Set Sights on Amazon
One union leader said organizing Amazon workers will take “shop-floor militancy,” such as strikes in warehouses and in city streets.
June 24, 2021
This file photo shows a Peloton logo on the company's stationary bicycle in San Francisco.
Safety
Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Child Dies
The decision comes less than a month after the company denied the machines were dangerous.
May 6, 2021
In this file photo, Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse facility in Goodyear, Arizona.
E-Commerce
Amazon's Profit Triples as Pandemic Continues
It also posted revenue of more than $100 billion for the second quarter in a row.
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Amazon to Give Over 500K Workers a Raise
Those getting raises include warehouse workers and employees in Amazon's package sorting centers.
April 29, 2021
In this Sept. 19, 2019 photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
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In Wake of Union Vote, Bezos Says Amazon Must Do Better for Workers
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April 15, 2021
In this March 18, 2021 file photo, a salesperson helps a customer shopping for Bean Boots at the L.L. Bean flagship retail store in Freeport, Maine. Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again. Retail sales surged a seasonally adjusted 9.8% after dropping about 3% the month before, the Commerce Department said Thursday, April 15.
Economics
March Retail Sales Soared 9.8%
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April 15, 2021
In this March 30 photo, a banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
Labor
Alabama Union Vote Delivers Win for Amazon
The union said it would file an objection with the NLRB charging the company with illegally interfering with the union vote.
April 9, 2021
Emily Cunningham, left, speaks as Kathryn Dellinger, right, looks on during a news conference following Amazon's annual shareholders meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Seattle.
Labor
NLRB Says Amazon Illegally Fired Outspoken Workers
The employees were critical of the company's reluctance to alter its impact on climate change and to better protect workers from the coronavirus.
April 6, 2021
In this file photo, Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama.
Labor
Worker Says Amazon Hung Anti-Union Signs in Bathrooms
The push to unionize at an Alabama warehouse could have a far-reaching impact on Amazon, as well as organized labor throughout the South.
March 18, 2021
Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. President Joe Biden said workers in Alabama and across the country have the right to join a union without intimidation from their companies. His comments come as Amazon workers in the state are voting on whether they should unionize. In a two minute video posted to Twitter, Biden didn’t mention Amazon by name, or say how workers should vote.
Labor
Biden Says Workers Have Right to Vote on Union
His comments come as Amazon workers in Alabama will decide whether they should unionize.
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