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New York CNN — The Teamsters union announced late Friday that warehouse workers at a massive Amazon sorting and distribution center in Staten Island, New York, have joined the thousands of union members who began a strike this week against the online retail giant. But Amazon continues to insist the strike is not affecting shipments to customers, as it only affects a handful of its network of...
Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/techNEW YORK — Some Amazon workers led by the Teamsters union said they walked off the job in Staten Island early Saturday morning, joining the third day of a strike aimed at disrupting holiday deliveries and forcing the e-commerce giant to the bargaining table. More than seven Amazon delivery stations around the country have been targeted with walkouts and picketing since the strike started...
Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/SAN FRANCISCO — A line of about 10 Amazon vans waited to leave a company delivery station in San Francisco on Thursday morning as employees striking with the Teamsters union blocked two gates to the facility. It was one of seven Amazon sites impacted Thursday by strikes launched by the Teamsters, in an action threatening to delay some package delivery in a handful of major cities during the...
Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/It seemed promising when Amazon’s shopping chatbot suggested gifts of “page-turner fiction” for a buddy who enjoys beach travel and reading. But instead of the fun, breezy novels I expected, the top artificial intelligence recommendations were titled something like “Page-turner” or “How to Write a Page Turner.” Oops. I tried two of Amazon’s AI helpers — the Rufus chatbot and AI-powered product...
Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). “In its endless pursuit of...
Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/A new lawsuit filed against delivery and tech giant Amazon accuses the company of intentionally slowing down Prime deliveries to select neighborhoods in Washington D.C.— areas that happen to be home to predominantly Black households. Submitted by D.C. attorney general Brian Schwalb on Dec. 4, the lawsuit claims Amazon imposed a secret "delivery exclusion" to zip codes in southeast and...
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