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Amazon’s Anti-Union Consultant Broke The Law, Judge Rules – Heemang Parmar
A judge at the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision Monday in a case where workers accused Amazon of illegally suppressing a union campaign in Staten Island, New York ― finding that the online retail giant violated the law on three occasions as it tried to persuade workers not to unionize during 2021 and…

OSHA Fines Amazon For Exposing Warehouse Workers To Injuries – Heemang Parmar
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Wednesday that it was hitting Amazon with a series of fines after investigating the online retailer’s workplace safety practices at three warehouses in Florida, Illinois and New York. The agency found Amazon employees were at a “high risk” of lower-back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders, which officials…

Amazon Labor Union’s Victory At JFK8 Warehouse Now Official – Heemang Parmar
The upstart Amazon Labor Union made history when it won a union election at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island last spring, the first labor group in the U.S. to do so. But its groundbreaking victory was only just made official this week, more than nine months after the ballots were counted and the union…

Amazon Layoffs Climb To 18,000 Employees As Tech Giant Moves To Cut Costs – Heemang Parmar
Amazon told employees Wednesday it would eliminate 18,000 jobs across the company, much more than previously reported as tech companies across the country cut costs and rein in hiring amid concerns about the economy. CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon had hired rapidly over the last few years as consumers spent wildly online during the isolated…

Amazon Workers In Albany Vote Against Union – Heemang Parmar
Workers at an Amazon distribution center near Albany, New York, have voted decisively against forming a union, rejecting a bid by organizers to create the company’s second unionized facility in the U.S. Employees at the ALB1 facility in Castleton would have been represented by the Amazon Labor Union, the same upstart group that won a…

Fire Reported At Another Amazon Warehouse In New York – Heemang Parmar
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire broke out late Wednesday at an Amazon facility in upstate New York that’s voting in a union election next week. The fire at the warehouse, located near Albany in the town of Schodack, began around 10:50 p.m. and lasted until shortly after midnight, according to Schodack police . It’s…