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Over a five-day period between March 25 and 30, 2022, workers voted for unionizing the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. [2] On April 1, 2022, the ballot count concluded with 2,654 in favor of unionizing and 2,131 voting against, officially resulting with the creation of the Amazon Labor Union as the first independent Amazon union in the United States. [2]
Some warehouse workers of Amazon, the largest American e-commerce retailer with 750,000 employees, have organized for workplace improvements in light of the company's scrutinized labor practices and stance against unions. Worker actions have included work stoppages and have won concessions including increased pay, safety precautions, and time off.
The arrival of an Amazon warehouse in Chester felt a bit like the opening of a Ford plant might have a century earlier. At the time, Amazon was aggressively expanding its logistics network to speed up delivery to customers. Bob McDonnell, Virginia's Republican governor at the time, called it “a tremendous win for the greater Richmond region.”
July 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM. A Senate investigation into Amazon ’s practices found that nearly half of the company's warehouse workers get hurt around the Prime Day rush. The report comes out on ...
In a major development, workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island voted this year to form the company’s first-ever labor union in the U.S. Possibly joining them, employees at an Amazon ...
History of Amazon. Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994. Amazon is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", [ 1] and is one of the world ...
October 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM. A top Amazon executive has said there are a lot of "myths" about poor conditions in its warehouses. Head of warehouse operations John Felton told The Sunday Telegraph ...
[41] [42] In January 2023, Amazon cut over 18,000 jobs, primarily in consumer retail and its human resources division in an attempt to cut costs. [43] On November 8, 2023, a plan was adopted for Jeff Bezos to sell approximately 50 million shares of the company over the next year (the deadline for the entire sales plan is January 31, 2025). The ...