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Amazon Launches Payday Advances for Its Most Precarious Warehouse Workers
The program codifies what many Amazon workers have been saying about their dangerous, low-paying jobs: warehouse workers need an option like this because they're not earning enough to make it to payday.
Rights Groups Demand Lawmakers Stop Amazon's Workplace Surveillance
Amazon claims its “Time Off Task” system is used to increase worker productivity, but civil rights groups point to the company’s history of anti-union surveillance and worker retaliation.
8 Amazon Prime Day Tips You Should Know Before Buying
Don't shop Amazon's deals without learning about these first.
Pregnant Amazon Employees Speak Out About Nightmare at Oklahoma Warehouse
Four Amazon employees at a facility in Oklahoma City described a systemic failure on the part of the company to quickly accommodate pregnancy restrictions, forcing some workers to risk miscarriage and others to the brink of homelessness.
New Report Claims Extensive Worker Abuses at One of the World's Largest Logistics Companies
XPO Logistics has long hidden behind the big brands that utilize its shipping and logistics services, such as Amazon, Target, and Walmart, but a report released on Wednesday shines a light on its exploitative labor practices around the world.
Amazon Workers Went to Jeff Bezos' $165 Million Mansion to Ask For a $2 Raise
“You don't need Jeff Bezos. He needs us. We made him the richest man in the world.”
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Minnesota Walk Off the Job, Protest Alleged Retaliation
More than 35 warehouse workers walked off a night shift at an Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota on Thursday to protest the firing of a co-worker who raised safety concerns to management.
Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?
Experts say Amazon could be tracking opioid usage to determine where to open warehouses, monitor for package theft, or simply because it loves data.
Retailers Are Already Pulling 'Stand Back and Stand By' Merch From Online Shelves
Retailers like Amazon, Teespring, and Ebay are taking down Proud Boys merch emblazoned with a catch phrase coined by President Trump.
Why Amazon Is Actually Good for the USPS
Trump has long bashed the post office for its partnership with Amazon, but recently released documents tell a different story.
Amazon Employee Warns Internal Groups They’re Being Monitored For Labor Organizing
An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that the company monitors dozens of internal listservs but said that the program did not exist for the purposes that the employee described.