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Amazon will buy Belgium-based Cloostermans to boost warehouse robotics operations

Amazon will acquire Cloostermans, a Belgium-based warehouse machinery company, in the latest expansion of the e-commerce giant’s warehouse robotics. The… Read More

‘Keep Amazon out’: Protestors demand tech giant pull permit for potential warehouse in Seattle

The news: Community organizers at a rally Saturday in Seattle demanded that Amazon withdraw reported plans to build a distribution… Read More

With new warehouse robots, Amazon looks to invent its way out of its safety problems

LAS VEGAS — Amazon unveiled a new fleet of robots and automated systems, including the first fully autonomous robot that… Read More

Amazon’s safety claims fail to convince critics in government amid holiday shopping rush

Amazon has consistently defended its safety record following exposés by the Center for Investigative Reporting over the past year documenting… Read More

Amazon workers renew call for transparency as public health officials disclose new COVID cases

Pressure is building on Amazon to release data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among its employees as new cases come… Read More

Amazon wage and hazard pay increases for essential workers to expire in June

Amazon’s hourly wage increases and hazard pay will expire in June, a company executive confirmed to Recode this week. Amazon… Read More

Amazon fills 100k warehouse worker jobs, plans to hire 75k more to meet pandemic-driven demand

Amazon added 100,000 new warehouse workers over the past month to help fulfill the surge in orders by customers sheltering… Read More

Senate Democrats grill Amazon on warehouse worker firing, COVID-19 procedures

A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Amazon on Wednesday questioning the company’s rationale for… Read More

Amazon faces unprecedented challenges as dozens of warehouses grapple with COVID-19 outbreaks

At least 30 of the fulfillment centers that power Amazon’s e-commerce business have outbreaks of COVID-19, according to local news… Read More

Amazon starts temperature screening amid outcry over warehouse worker exposure to COVID-19

Amazon will begin screening employee temperatures at warehouses in New York and Seattle this week amid growing unrest about workers’… Read More

Report spotlights high injury rates at Amazon warehouses ahead of holiday shopping season

Amazon’s warehouse culture is making headlines again this week after a nonprofit news organization obtained injury records from 23 of… Read More

Why everyone is talking again about the Amazon ‘ambassadors’ who talk up warehouse conditions

For more than a year, Amazon has been marshaling an army of ambassadors to defend conditions inside its warehouses, but… Read More

Amazon assures Bernie Sanders that warehouse worker pay will increase despite loss of stock awards and bonuses

Amazon sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders assuring him that the company’s new $15 minimum wage and pay… Read More

Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage

Not all Amazon employees are happy with the company raising their wages to at least $15 an hour. That’s because… Read More

Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ to require employers to cover federal aid for workers

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that… Read More

Amazon to continue European expansion, plans thousands of new hires

Amazon will continue its sweep into Europe, the online retailer announced Friday. Amazon will make thousands of new hires this year… Read More

Amazon fined after failing to report work-related injuries at New Jersey warehouse

The U.S. Department of Labor fined Amazon $7,000 and asked the company to change its practices after it failed to report at least… Read More

Sam’s Club launches slate of new services targeting small business owners

Sam’s Club is rolling out five new services for small business owners, with the goal of increasing loyalty at the… Read More

Amazon warehouse worker on the Christmas crush: ‘You have to have stamina’

Ever wonder what it would be like to be one of the 80,000 seasonal workers Amazon hired this year to… Read More

Sold out: Amazon’s warehouse tours booked solid until March 2015, with 14,000 sign-ups

Amazon doesn’t like it when it sells out of things, but that’s what happened after 14,000 people signed up to take… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers’ case makes it to Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving former Amazon warehouse workers fighting over unpaid security searches which could… Read More

Amazon Germany workers protest at company headquarters: ‘We are humans, not robots’

“We are people!” “Not robots!” That was the message Monday morning at the heart of Amazon.com’s Seattle headquarters, as about… Read More

Amazon refutes BBC labor conditions report: Safety of associates is ‘number one priority’

Amazon typically stays under-the-radar when it comes to making public statements, but the company certainly felt compelled enough to respond… Read More

BBC reporter goes undercover at Amazon warehouse, finds mental illness-inducing working conditions

[Follow-up: Amazon refutes BBC’s poor working conditions report: ‘Safety of our associates is our number one priority’] Original story:  Amazon… Read More

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