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Amazon Asks Judge to Toss New York State Lawsuit Over Warehouse COVID-19 Safety
Jul 15 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday pressed a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Letitia James claiming the online retailer failed to ensure worker safety at two New York City warehouses as COVID-19...
Federal Safety Agency Sues Amazon to Hold It Responsible for Hazardous Products
Jul 14 2021 // The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Wednesday it has sued Amazon.com Inc. to force the retailer to recall hundreds of thousands of hazardous products that it had distributed on its platform. By a 3-1...
Amazon.com Offers Prescriptions Starting at $6; Considers Physical Locations
Jun 9 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it was now offering six-month prescriptions starting at $6 for medications of common health issues through its pharmacy. The company said prime members would get additional savings when...
Amazon CEO Bezos Volunteers for Risky Space Travel Journey in June
Jun 8 2021 // Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin next month. “Ever since I was five years old,...
Amazon to Overhaul Warehouse Worker Metric Cited in Injuries
Jun 2 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. is overhauling a controversial worker-productivity yardstick that has drawn the ire of warehouse employees who say it imposes an unsafe burden on them. The world’s largest online retailer uses...
5 Women File Employment Discrimination Suits Against Amazon.com
May 20 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both. The women, ages 23 to 64,...
Amazon Continues Moratorium on Police Use of Its Facial Recognition Software
May 19 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software. The company had halted the practice for one year starting in June...
Amazon-Backed India Insurer Startup Eyes Funding Round that Could Create $1B Value
May 12 2021 // Acko General Insurance Ltd. is weighing a new funding round that could value the Indian online insurer at more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with matter. The Amazon.com Inc.-backed startup is looking to...
Former Amazon Employee Files Colorado Whistleblower Complaint
May 11 2021 // A former Amazon warehouse worker has filed a complaint with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment against Amazon over its COVID-19 policies and allegations that her firing was retaliatory. Linda Rodriguez alleged...
How Tech Firms From Amazon to YouTube Ban Users for Off-Site Behavior
Apr 27 2021 // Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. The move by Amazon Inc.’s live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into...
Amazon’s Firing of 2 Critics Was lllegal, Rules National Labor Board
Apr 6 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. illegally fired two employees who advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has found. The online retailer last year terminated the employment of...
‘Treating Us Like Robots’: Alabama Amazon Workers Seek Union
Mar 30 2021 // Linda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had always enjoyed ordering from the company, Now, she would be working for them. A cog in a...
Amazon Begins Offering Its Virtual Health, Pharmacy Services to Other Businesses
Mar 18 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its virtual healthcare service to other Washington-state employers starting Wednesday and to its own employees nationwide this summer, the company said in a press release. Piloted in September...
Next Insurance Targets Businesses That Sell and Buy on Amazon
Mar 18 2021 // In partnership with Amazon, digital small business insurer Next Insurance is offering insurance to businesses that are buyers or sellers on the popular Amazon e-commerce site. The insurer is targeting members of Amazon...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising
Mar 5 2021 // PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain Groupe Casino is violating human rights and...
New York Attorney General Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Shortfalls
Feb 17 2021 // New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday over its handling of worker safety issues around the COVID-19 pandemic at two warehouses, just days after the retailer filed its own lawsuit seeking to...
Amazon Sues New York Over COVID Workplace Safety, Firing Lawsuit
Feb 12 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. on Friday sued New York’s attorney general to stop the state from filing its own lawsuit over the online retailer’s early response to COVID-19, including its firing of activist Christian...
Amazon Plans Cameras with AI in Its Delivery Vans to Improve Driver Safety
Feb 5 2021 // Amazon.com has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world’s largest e-commerce firm says would improve safety of both drivers and the communities in...
Amazon Workers at Alabama Warehouse to Vote on Unionizing
Feb 4 2021 // Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote next week on whether to unionize in one of the most visible labor-organizing pushes at the online retailing giant. Employees at the Bessemer facility are seeking to form a...
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Closing Down Joint Healthcare Venture
Jan 4 2021 // The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., will cease to exist at the end of February, it said on Monday. The move comes three years after the companies came...
