Amazon warehouse closures in Quebec have led to thousands of layoffs
In addition to the roughly 2,000 employees laid off by Amazon after the company announced it would be closing its Quebec warehouses, more than 2,500 other people employed by smaller carriers ...
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Collective action, civil disobedience and blockades in the Amazon
The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...
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Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Union Organizers
Just how far will Amazon go to throttle unions? The corporate behemoth, valued at a staggering $2.47 trillion, is notorious ...
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia become the 1st to unionize
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first group of employees to pull ...
Whole Foods Employees Defy Amazon’s Anti-Union Efforts
The grocery chain’s store in Philadelphia becomes the first to join a union, where workers hope to expand organizing to other ...
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Fearing AI will take their jobs, California workers plan a long battle against tech
Amazon spokesman Steve Kelly responded that “employees ... said AFL-CIO Tech Institute executive director Amanda Ballantyne, but including AI in collective bargaining negotiations is key, because ...
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Amazon Prime Subscription: The Plan, The Price And What’s Included
Ever since an Amazon subscription became a thing back in 2005, the service from the world’s largest online retailer has grown from a modest offering to one of the most popular services that ...
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Google sends $100M in funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption
Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to the Canadian Journalism Collective, a federally incorporated non ...