Articles about Amazon fulfillment

Amazon plans to hire 150k workers to help with holiday rush across fulfillment network

Amazon is getting ready for the holiday shopping rush with plans to hire 150,000 workers across its operations network, the… Read More

Heather MacDougall, Amazon VP in charge of workplace health and safety, is departing

Heather MacDougall, Amazon’s vice president of Global Workplace Health and Safety, is departing the company after 3 1/2 years to… Read More

Amazon pulls out of planned regional air hub in New Jersey after unions and others object

Amazon’s efforts to grow its operations in the New York area have been thwarted again as the tech giant has… Read More

Union in Alabama again files objections to Amazon’s conduct before second warehouse election

For the second time, the union attempting to organize workers at an Amazon warehouse facility in Bessemer, Ala., has filed… Read More

In historic milestone for Amazon and organized labor, workers at N.Y. warehouse vote to unionize

For the first time in Amazon’s history, a group of the company’s U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union,… Read More

Amazon appears to defeat union effort in Alabama again, but union leads in vote at N.Y. facility

Amazon faced off against unionization efforts at company warehouse facilities in New York and Alabama on Thursday, with vote counts… Read More

Amazon opens supply hub for Ukrainian refugees, its largest humanitarian aid facility ever

Amazon is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to… Read More

Amazon facing increasing unionization pressure at two New York warehouse facilities

Another Amazon warehouse in New York could be gearing up for a unionization vote. A week after the National Labor… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama will redo union vote after NLRB orders new election

The National Labor Relations Board is calling for a new union election at an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.,… Read More

Amazon adding 150k seasonal workers as massive hiring push continues across operations network

Amazon said Monday that it is adding 150,000 seasonal jobs to bolster the ranks of its operations network during the… Read More

Report: Amazon offering $2M in cash and prizes in lottery for vaccinated frontline workers

In a bid to incentivize more frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Amazon is offering a lottery of cash… Read More

Amid COVID surge, Amazon to require masks for warehouse workers regardless of vaccination status

A day after pushing back the return to an in-person setting for its office workers to the new year, Amazon… Read More

Amazon pressured Alabama workers and union vote should be redone, labor investigator recommends

Amazon stepped outside allowable guidelines and improperly pressured Alabama warehouse workers against unionizing the Bessemer fulfillment warehouse in April, and… Read More

Amazon rolling out ‘WorkingWell’ program to reduce injuries among operations employees

The news: Amazon is launching a new employee wellness program called WorkingWell, designed to provide activities, exercises and support to… Read More

Amazon to spend $1B to boost pay for 500k operations workers by as much as $3 an hour

Amazon announced Wednesday that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in wage increases for its operations workers, promising… 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’s new approach to ‘Human Capital’ is a telling takeaway from its annual regulatory report

Customers are still No. 1 at Amazon, but the tech giant now wants it to be known, officially, that employees… Read More

Amazon to hire 100,000 new operations workers in latest spree fueled by pandemic demand

Amazon plans to hire an additional 100,000 full- and part-time workers across its operations network in the U.S. and Canada… Read More

How Amazon is handling first COVID-19 case in its fulfillment system, after N.Y. worker tests positive

Amazon said it is taking proactive measures to protect employees at its fulfillment centers after a worker at a facility… Read More

A fulfilling love story: Watch Amazon robots go on Valentine’s date to promote real human connections

Even the robots are feeling romantic this week at Amazon, as the tech giant shows a little love for Valentine’s… Read More

John Oliver rips Amazon over warehouse work and tech giant’s operations chief calls it ‘insulting’

Working conditions in Amazon’s fulfillment centers got a blistering critique at the hands of the HBO series “Last Week Tonight… Read More

Amazon shoots down reports of reduction in bulk orders from small wholesale suppliers

Editor’s Note: Post and headline updated with comment from Amazon Amazon today denied a report that it is preparing to… Read More

Amazon reportedly halts orders from wholesalers, prompting concern about major changes to vendor platforms

Wholesale suppliers that sell items directly to Amazon have reportedly stopped getting purchase orders from the tech giant, and are… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers protest in Europe, but company says shipping network ‘fully operational’ on Black Friday

Workers at several Amazon warehouses across Europe protested for better conditions on Black Friday, though the tech giant says it’s… Read More

Amazon again puts disaster relief efforts in motion as Hurricane Florence set to punish Carolina coast

Hurricane Florence, the monster Category 3 storm taking aim at the North and South Carolina coastline, is expected to make… Read More

Amazon calls Bernie Sanders’ crusade for warehouse workers ‘inaccurate and misleading’

Update: Amazon and Sanders continued their spat Thursday with the following tweets: https://twitter.com/amazonnews/status/1035254274446577670 https://twitter.com/amazonnews/status/1035243392094093312 Original story: Amazon and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders… Read More

Amazon opening 1st distribution center in Eastern Washington, 4th overall in home state

Amazon said it will open a fulfillment center in Spokane, Wash., the state’s second largest city. The 600,000-square-foot facility, which… Read More