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Amazon Again Cited by Regulators Over Worker Safety
Aug 4 2023 // The U.S. workplace safety regulator said Amazon.com Inc has subjected workers at yet another of its sprawling warehouses to hazardous conditions by imposing onerous production quotas and failing to provide proper medical...
Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Victims Sue Facebook, Amazon, Other Tech Giants
Jul 14 2023 // Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim’s...
Sanders Seeks Senate Probe Into Amazon’s Warehouse Safety Practices
Jun 23 2023 // Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a...
Fired Amazon Labor Organizer in Alabama Reinstated After Filing Complaint, Union Says
Jun 22 2023 // A union organizer who was fired by Amazon was reinstated by the company after she filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The union had said...
FTC Sues Amazon for Hindering Consumer Attempts to Cancel Prime
Jun 21 2023 // The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday, alleging the e-commerce giant duped consumers into signing up for its Prime membership service and deliberately made it hard to cancel. The consumer...
Amazon Activist Terminated While Recovering from Work Injury, Union Says
Jun 8 2023 // A union organizer at Amazon who testified before a Senate committee has been terminated by the company, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The union says Jennifer Bates is dealing with injuries...
Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims Over Ring Doorbell
Jun 1 2023 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission related to privacy lapses by its smart devices. In one case, the FTC alleged that Amazon didn’t take steps to...
Amazon Employees Walk Out to Protest Climate, Return-To-Work Policies
Jun 1 2023 // A few hundred Amazon.com Inc. employees walked off the job Wednesday to protest the company’s return-to-work policies, impact on the climate and deepest-ever round of layoffs. The protest, organized by Amazon...
Worker Fatally Injured at Amazon Warehouse in Indiana
May 16 2023 // A worker died after being injured at an Amazon warehouse in Fort Wayne in an incident that closed the facility for the rest of the day, authorities said. Emergency medical crews were called to an Amazon Fulfillment Center...
OSHA Says Amazon Failed to Provide Injured Workers With Adequate Medical Care
May 1 2023 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has found that giant online retailer Amazon failed to provide adequate medical treatment for traumatic and chronic injuries at a fulfillment center in...
Amazon Worker Injuries Dip Last Year, but Higher Than 2020
Apr 14 2023 // Amazon’s total injury rate for warehouse workers took a dip last year, but injuries were still worse than they were in 2020, according to an analysis released Wednesday by a coalition of labor unions. The report,...
French Bank BNP Paribas Sued by NGOs Over Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Link
Feb 27 2023 // Environmental and human rights activist groups said on Monday they had sued BNP Paribas, the eurozone’s biggest bank, for providing financial services to companies they allege contribute to the deforestation of the...
FTC Is Preparing Potential Antitrust Case Against Amazon
Feb 6 2023 // The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing a possible lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. that could be filed as soon as this spring, according to people familiar with the investigations. The allegations the agency is...
Amazon Fined for Worker Safety Violations in Three States
Feb 3 2023 // US federal workplace safety regulators fined Amazon.com Inc. more than $60,000 for putting warehouse employees at risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Climate Disaster in Amazon Rainforest Could Cascade Across Earth, Study Finds
Jan 31 2023 // Trees set ablaze in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest could contribute to melting glaciers in the Himalayas and Antarctica because distant ecosystems that regulate the Earth’s climate are more closely connected than...
Amazon Rainforest Is Deteriorating Too Fast for Species and Climate to Adapt: Reports
Jan 27 2023 // Two new scientific review articles by international teams of researchers paint a bleak picture of the state of the Amazon rainforest: The critical ecosystem is being damaged at an unprecedented pace, they warn, which may...
OSHA Says Amazon.com Exposed Workers to Safety Hazards
Jan 20 2023 // A U.S. government agency on Wednesday issued citations against Amazon.com Inc. for failing to keep warehouse workers safe, by exposing them to ergonomic hazards that resulted in serious injuries. The Department of...
Amazon Faces Renewed Pressure From UK Lawmakers Over Warehouse Conditions
Jan 13 2023 // UK lawmakers have called on Amazon to clarify comments made by a senior executive at a recent parliamentary hearing, after an advocacy group accused him of providing “misleading” evidence concerning the...
OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries
Dec 19 2022 // Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of its ongoing...
Judges Appear Skeptical of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims
Nov 30 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc. fired New York warehouse worker Christian Smalls, a pivotal figure in a campaign to unionize the company’s workforce, because of...
