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Union organizers file formal objections over Amazon’s opposition campaign in Alabama

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Monday formally accused Amazon of illegal and coercive activity in the weeks… Read More

Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter

The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins’ bestselling 1986 book that skewers the notion of intelligent design while celebrating the rational science… Read More

Amazon now has 200 million Prime members, Bezos reveals in annual shareholders letter

The news: In his annual shareholders letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that the company has surpassed 200 million Prime… Read More

Read Jeff Bezos’ shareholders letter: Amazon founder focuses on employee welfare, comments on union vote

The news: Jeff Bezos penned his final shareholders letter as Amazon’s CEO and used the annual tradition to comment on the… Read More

Amazon sets 2021 diversity goals and releases new workforce data on gender and race

The news: Amazon released new data on the racial and gender makeup of its workforce and outlined plans to increase… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom join corporate push for fair elections

Four Seattle-area corporate giants on Wednesday joined hundreds of companies pushing back against voting restriction legislation currently being proposed in… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund again poaches the leader of a grant recipient to help run its organization

The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort… Read More

Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who… Read More

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Day 2: Amazon defeated the union in Alabama, but did it win on the larger stage?

Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala., in a victory for the company and a defeat for organized… Read More

Why Amazon and Jeff Bezos are backing a corporate tax rate hike

Jeff Bezos surprised some Amazon critics and followers this week by throwing his weight behind a federal corporate tax hike… Read More

Amazon employees vote against union vote by wide margin; union to file objection

In a public defeat for organized labor, a sizable majority of Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala.… Read More

Amazon on verge of thwarting union vote in Alabama; remaining ballots to be counted Friday

Amazon appears well on its way to thwarting an attempt to unionize workers at its Bessemer, Ala. plant with the… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch updates policies to address ‘severe off-service misconduct’

Twitch users may now face punitive measures by the service for actions that occurred offline, on other platforms, or before… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

— Former Amazon Web Services and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and… Read More

Amazon union vote: Here’s how the ballots will be counted this week

The unionization votes are now in the hands of the National Labor Relations Board and the two factions have completed… Read More

Jeff Bezos says Amazon is ‘supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate’

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos today endorsed the Biden administration’s call for a higher corporate tax rate to help pay for… Read More

Amazon illegally fired labor advocates, federal board rules

The National Labor Relations Board said that Amazon illegally fired two Seattle-based employees who criticized the company for its climate… Read More

These startups are solving Amazon’s potty problem, helping delivery drivers find relief on the go

Amazon stepped into an unexpected public relations mess recently when company officials claimed that its workers would never have to… Read More

Amazon offers rare apology, says it will look for solutions to drivers peeing in bottles

Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response to… Read More

Amazon reveals design plans for second skyscraper as part of major campus project in Bellevue

Amazon has revealed its proposed design for a second office tower as part of its Bellevue 600 project, further solidifying… Read More

Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why remote work hurts innovation: ‘You don’t riff the same way’

As GeekWire reported earlier Wednesday, Amazon is headed back to the office after letting people work from home for the… Read More

Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal income tax: ‘I’m going to put an end to that’

The debate over how much Amazon pays in federal income tax is heating up yet again. President Joe Biden called… Read More

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Same as the old boss: How Amazon honed its anti-union bent at a Seattle call center 20 years ago

Among the biggest stories in the country is an effort to unionize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala. The final… Read More

Amazon updates remote work guidance, plans to ‘return to an office-centric culture as our baseline’

The news: Amazon expects most U.S. corporate office workers back in the office by early fall, the company said in… Read More

Amazon donates $1.5M to support Seattle-area hunger relief efforts through four organizations

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is donating more than $1.5 million to a variety of organizations in the Seattle area… Read More

Amazon employees, bots or trolls? New Twitter bios emerge to speak out mostly against union effort

Amazon is getting some help in its efforts to beat back a unionization movement at one of its fulfillment centers… Read More

Amazon worker union leader on Alabama vote: ‘This has breathed new life into the labor movement’

Harried, sleep-deprived, and again on his way back to Bessemer, Ala. for what could be the most momentous week of… Read More

Amazon wades into ‘pee bottle’ controversy and whether its workers can catch a break on the job

Amazon’s decision to publicly fire back at a Wisconsin congressman’s tweet about working conditions at the company has turned into… Read More

Amazon exec says tech giant is ‘Bernie Sanders of employers’ as senator supports union effort

Dave Clark is feeling the snark. The Amazon exec on Wednesday tweeted about the ongoing unionization efforts at the company’s… Read More

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Day 2: How this third-party Amazon seller turned the tech giant’s knockoff product into a win

Peter Dering and his colleagues at Peak Design could write the playbook for a successful response to Amazon knocking off… Read More