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Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Amazon workers at the company’s first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing roughly 5,500 workers at the warehouse, […]
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BERLIN) — Workers for the largest online retailer in the world are planning to go on strike during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the holiday season. Amazon employees are preparing to protest in 20 countries, including in major cities in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan […]
Amazon (NEW YORK) — Amazon is expanding its grocery footprint, simplifying online shopping and launching a “new no-frills brand” to help consumers stretch their dollar, while taking aim at rival retail competitor Walmart. On Wednesday, the retail tech giant, which owns Whole Foods as well as its own grocery service Amazon Fresh, announced expanded Prime […]
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, a report released this week by a Senate committee claims the two-day promotional event is a “major cause of injuries” for workers at the retailer’s warehouses. The interim report from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) accuses […]
Nipitpon Singad / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon Prime Day is making its annual return in July. The retailer previously announced the return of its biggest shopping event of the year along with plans to include even more savings than it has in years past. “I’m thrilled to share that Prime Day will be […]
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon will begin displaying advertisements in movies and TV shows on its Prime Video streaming service next month, the company said in an email to subscribers this week viewed by ABC News. Customers will be offered an ad-free alternative for an additional $2.99 per month, the company added. “This […]
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon, Target and Walmart, three of the largest retailers in the U.S., have announced they will stop selling water beads amid growing pressure in recent years to remove the products following reports of injuries and deaths of children who have swallowed them or placed them in their noses or […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, accusing the company of illegally maintaining its monopoly power “to inflate prices, degrade quality, and stifle innovation for consumers and businesses.” The major tech firm allegedly deployed illegal business tactics “to stop rivals […]
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (ORLANDO) — An Amazon delivery driver was dropping off a package at a Florida home when she was bitten by a highly venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake, authorities said. The woman was hospitalized in “very serious condition,” the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident took place Monday evening in […]
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for allegedly using deceitful tactics in a years-long effort to trick millions of customers into enrolling in its Prime subscription service, the agency said. The company also made it more complicated for customers to cancel their subscription membership in an effort […]
