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CHUYN/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Are you gearing up for one of the biggest shopping events of the year? Here’s what we know about Amazon Prime Day right now. On Wednesday, Amazon announced its Amazon Prime Day 2023 will be July 11-12. Prime members can “save big on popular brands like Lancôme, Kérastase, Peloton, Victoria’s […]

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Encircled by camera-wielding supporters and journalists, Chris Smalls popped a bottle of champagne one year ago today to celebrate a watershed election that established the first-ever U.S. union at Amazon — but the celebratory times for the union wouldn’t last. Smalls, a former warehouse worker at the company’s […]

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon has paused construction on its second headquarters in Virginia, known as “HQ2,” the company said Friday. The first phase of the HQ2 campus, called Met Park, will open in June for 8,000 employees, an Amazon spokesperson said. The company delayed completion of the second phase but […]

Darren Staples/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday announced new citations at three more Amazon warehouses — in Aurora, Colorado; Nampa, Idaho; and Castleton, New York -. for failing to keep workers safe. As part of the enforcement action, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration delivered hazard alert […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Workers at Amazon and Starbucks astonished allies and adversaries this year, delivering landmark labor victories and helping inspire a resurgence of unionization nationwide. But labor headway at the two companies has stagnated in recent months, jeopardizing the ultimate success of the campaigns and casting the continued growth of the […]